Chennai, April 18(BPNS)

In view of the surge in Covid cases, Tamil Nadu government has on Sunday postponed the Class XII board examinations. More than 8 lakh students were to appear for the examinations scheduled to be held between May 5 to 31. The practical examinations which is being held will continue as planned till April 23.

The state government also directed all coaching institutions to suspend their physical coaching classes but permitted them to conduct online classes. 

The government guidelines also asked the college and university teachers to conduct online classes from their homes and to suspend all student camps conducted by the colleges. The state government also directed all colleges to conduct  only online examinations for upcoming semester examinations.