S. Vishnu Sharma
Tamilnadu SSLC Exam 2020 are cancelled owing to corona virus situation. Students who are supposed to write the exam are said to be considered for promotion to the next class.
Chief Minister of Tamilnadu Edappadi K Palaniswami has made an announcement in this regard on 9 June. This year really stood unique as far as education is concerned.
Tamilnadu SSLC Exam 2020
Examination procedures never managed to managed to go as per the planned scheduled this year. CAA protests managed to wreak a havoc on the academic affairs.
CBSE Board exams had to be stopped owing to the protests. Though schedule was worked lateron, CBSE 10th and 12th exams did not move ahead as per the schedule.
Outbreak of corona virus led to stoppage of CBSE Exams for the second time. Soon after many other exams of state boards across India had to be stopped owing to COVID-19 situation.
Tamilnadu SSLC Exam 2020 was not an exemption. Ever since then many students have been wondering over their future amidst this uncertainity.
Taking into view the COVID-19 situation in the state and also the representations from the parents of the students the exams for class 10 and also class 11 stand to be cancelled and students are promoted, said Chief Minister Palaniswami.
The corona virus cases are on rise in Tamilnadu, Chennai in particular along with few other districts in Tamilnadu have registered good number of cases.
The experts have opined that the chances for reduction for the cases appears to be minimal as of now. So taking all these into account the decision was taken to cancel Tamilnadu SSLC Exam 2020, said Tamilnadu Chief Minister.
The Tamilnadu SSLC Exam 2020 was supposed to be conducted from 15 to 26 June. The process to evaluate the papers was supposed to witness completion by August this year.
Also, over nine lakh students across Tamilnadu was supposed to be appearing for the Tamilnadu SSLC Exam 2020.
Tamilnadu government is said to have even prepared 46 lakh reusable masks with help of NGOs to give it to students who will be attending the exam.
Even host of other safety measures were said to have been taken by state government to ensure things go all well with regards to conducting of Tamilnadu SSLC Exam 2020.
Safety measures included providing sanitizers, following social distancing. Following social distancing was ensured at all exam centres for Tamilnadu SSLC Exam 2020.
To ensure the social distancing doesn’t go for a toss establishing more than 10,000 exam centres across the state for conducting Tamilnadu SSLC Exam 2020 was thought over.
Each room would have only a fewer number of students than their usual strength. And a good deal of gap was to be left between each student.
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News did rounds that even elaborate transport arrangements were to be made to ensure students writing Tamilnadu SSLC Exam 2020 did not have any difficulties in reaching the exam centres.
It is also worth recollecting that Madras Highcourt is said to have asked the state government to take a look into the aspect of conducting exams as of now.
Since the exams are cancelled, state government is said to have formed a new way to promote students. Marks will be provided based on performance of students in quarterly, half-yearly exams and attendance.
It is even worth noting that the Tamilnadu SSLC Exam 2020 was meant to be conducted from 1 to 15 July. This was later on postponed to 15 to 26 July.
Even the hostels were supposed to be made open to allow students coming from outer locations to reside while writing Tamilnadu SSLC Exam 2020.
Seperate exam centres were to be established for students coming from containment zone. Students coming to write Tamilnadu SSLC Exam 2020 could travell all the way to exam centres showing their school ID cards and hall-tickets.
However, all these will never bother students and their parents as of now for the 10th state board exams have been cancelled.
As far as students are concerned their prime focus as of now must be on preparing to move to next stage of education.