Several state boards have announced the cancellation of Class 12 board examinations while six states have already conducted it.
The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday cancelled board examinations for class 10 and 12 students after the Supreme Court warned the state of repercussions even if one fatality occurred. Education minister A Suresh said that they had decided to cancel the exams as it was difficult to organise exams and declare the results by July 31 as ordered by the Supreme Court. He said a high-powered committee would be set up to assess the marks to be awarded to intermediate students. The Supreme Court had warned the state government if it had gone ahead with the plan of holding examinations, it would have to pay a compensation amounting to Rs 1 crore in case of each fatality due to Covid-19 during examinations. Several state boards have announced the cancellation of Class 12 board examinations while six states have already conducted it.
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