Class 10 public exams in TN cancelled students promoted CM

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Chennai, June 9 (PTI) The class 10 board examination in
Tamil Nadu are cancelled and students are promoted in view of
the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Minister K Palaniswami announced
here on Tuesday.
The exams for certain class 11 subjects, which could not
be held earlier were also cancelled.
While 80 per cent marks would be based on students
performance in quarterly and half yearly exams, 20 per cent
shall depend on their attendance, he said.
The announcement comes a day after the Madras High Court
said it cannot put lives of more than nine lakh students at
stake and asked the government to consider postponement of the
exams in view of soaring COVID-19 cases.
Palaniswami said while the government had made
preparations to hold exams from June 15 to 25, the matter went
to the High Court which asked the dispensation to take a
relook at holding exams in view of soaring COVID-19 cases and
the government made a detailed study of the matter.
"Under the present circumstances, coronavirus cases are
on the rise continuously in Chennai and some districts.
Epidemiologists have opined that there is no scope for
reduction in the spread of the virus in a short period of
time," he said in a televised address.
Hence, considering the representation of parents, the
present trend of virus spread, and to protect students from
the pathogen, board examinations scheduled for 10th class, and
for subjects that could not be conducted for 11th standard are
fully cancelled and students are declared promoted, the Chief
Minister said.
The subjects for which exams could not be held for class
11 include chemistry and accountancy.
The supplementary and arrear exams for 12th standard
students are postponed and fresh dates will be announced
later, he added.
The Tamil Nadu government had on Monday informed the
Madras High Court that the present schedule for holding Class
X Board exams from June 15 was the right time as experts'
opinions published in news reports forecast COVID-19 cases in
the state might rise up to two lakh in coming days.
Hearing a petition by a teachers' association challenging
the government's decision to conduct the exams amid the
pandemic, a division bench of justices Vineet Kothari and R
Suresh Kumar made it clear it was prima facie convinced that
the state has to be restrained from going ahead with the
schedule.
However, the bench restrained itself from passing any
interim order and adjourned the hearing to June 11 directing
the state to inform its stand. PTI VGN
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