Andhra Pradesh govt gives in, postpones Class 12 Board exams amid COVID scare

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New Delhi: Days after Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy asserted that Class 12 Board exams can be performed as per schedule, the Andhra Pradesh authorities went again on its assertion and postponed the exams until additional discover.

The exams have been slated to start on May 5 and admit playing cards of scholars have been additionally launched, however three days forward of the exams, the federal government stated they (*12*). Over 10 lakh college students have been anticipated to look for the intermediate exams this 12 months.

The resolution was introduced by state training minister Adimulapu Suresh. It comes after the excessive court docket requested the federal government to rethink its stand on conducting the exams.

“In the wake of the COVID pandemic, the central government has formulated all the lockdown conditions. But no uniform policy was announced for exams of classes 10, 11, and 12. So some states have already conducted and some other states have been conducting the exams. And some states have canceled exams and issuing pass certificates,” Andhra authorities stated in an announcement, in accordance with ANI.

“In the states where exams are not canceled, those students who studied well will get certificates with good marks and grades. Such students will get seats in good colleges. The entrance exams after Intermediate ask for a percentage of marks in Intermediate. Keeping the career options of students in mind, the state government wanted to conduct the exams. Practical exams for Intermediate are already complete, and only theory exams are pending, which can be completed in six days each. And each exam is for three hours only,” it added.

The state authorities additional stated that it has made preparations for conducting exams in a safer atmosphere.

However, as a people-friendly authorities, “we have taken into consideration the concerns of children and their parents in the wake of increasing Corona cases in the state as well as the country”. 

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