Accordingly Tamilnadu’s school education minister, on saturday, made it clear that there is no chance of reopening schools in the state any time soon. According to reports, he was speaking to the media in Erode when he said that given the COVID-19 situation in tamilnadu, there is no way that schools can be reopened for the new academic year any time soon and also said that he will discuss conducting online classes in tamilnadu with the chief minister, and an announcement about it will be made in two days.

Many private schools in tamilnadu have started their new academic session through online classes. The state, however, has not framed or announced any regulations for the conduct of the same. The Department of school education had, in fact, set up an expert committee with members including the Commissioner of school education Sigy Thomas Vaidyan to analyze and provide recommendations to the government on teaching and learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Perhaps tamilnadu was one of the first states to order closure of all schools in the third week of march as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus. The state has also been consistently reporting over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases every day in recent times. The number of new cases have gone up to around 3,500. Taking into account the COVID-19 situation in tamilnadu, the state government recently announced the cancellation of board exams for class 10 students, and said that the marks for the students will be awarded based on their quarterly and half yearly exam performances and school attendance records.