The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday stated the category X and intermediate examinations would be held as per schedule amid a requirement by the Opposition events to cancel or postpone them in view of COVID-19 unfold.
The diploma and engineering examinations too would be performed, the government stated.
At a high-level overview assembly on the prevailing COVID scenario, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy requested the authorities to carry the examinations by following all protocols.
Ensure that the scholars don’t endure any loss and conduct the examinations. Follow all COVID protocols whereas conducting the exams, a press launch quoted the Chief Minister as saying.
He requested the officers to not be lax on this.
All the Opposition events – TDP, BJP, Jana Sena and Congress – have been demanding the government to both cancel or postpone the year-end examinations, notably for lessons X and intermediate, as the pandemic was once more peaking.
Meanwhile, the discharge stated Jagan had a telephonic dialog with Bharat Biotech Managing Director Krishna Yella and Hetero Drugs Managing Director B Parthasarathy Reddy asking them for enough doses of the COVID vaccine and Remdesivir injections.
The Chief Minister has determined to supply free vaccination to an estimated 2.04 crore folks within the 18-45 age group within the State.
He directed the Health Department officers to right away place orders for the vaccine to satisfy the demand.