The academic session for Classes 10 and 12 has resumed after a long gap on January 19, the State government is expected to announce the Class 12 board examination schedule in a week or two. The ground work by schools for he announcement are already afoot, said officials, adding that efforts were on to ensure that even the students who dropped out because of the pandemic to attend the exam.
Every year, the Class 12 board exams are usually conducted in March and the work for it, including student enrollment would begin in December so as to be ready by February. This year, as the schools remain closed from March due to the pandemic lockdown the entire process was delayed. A senior School Education Department official told a news agency that the exam related work, especially for Class 12, has already started in all schools. Priority was given to class 12 students, as Class 10 board exam is usually held a month later. “So, preparations for that will start a little later,” he added.
The schools across the state were asked to prepare the list of Class 12 students, and teachers were directed to prepare the list of students who preferred online mode so that they could be added in the list of regular students, the official said. The institutions were asked to prepare the details of students who dropped out due to the pandemic so that they, too, could be included in the list of those appearing for exams. The official also said, " Other works like collection of exam fees, preparing hall tickets and identifying exam centres would also be carried out as part of the preparation. The authorities are discussing the preparation of question papers based on the truncated syllabus,” he said.
TN to reduce class 10, 12 syllabus further