New Delhi: Keeping in mind the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the state, Andhra Pradesh education minister Adimulapu Suresh has announced the cancellation of the Secondary School Certificate or Class X examinations.
A total of 7,059 confirmed cases have been reported so far from the state and that includes 3,599 active cases with 3,354 discharged and 106 deceased.
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A total of 6.3 lakh students were eligible to appear for the exams and will now be declared as passed. The Class X examinations were initially set to be held in March–April 2020. These had to be postponed twice due to the nationwide lockdown that was imposed on March 24. Andhra Pradesh government then planned to hold the pending exams from July 10-17 after they reduced the number of subjects from 11 to six.
Micro-blogging site Twitter was filled with tweets from the students who were pleading the state’s education minister to cancel the Class X exams owing to the critical time that the students were facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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@ysjagan @adimulapusuresh
Sir, this was the request of AP students, this is a critical time for every one,the carona virus is spreading very , the only medicine is to stay safe at https://t.co/oTFy3Wqm3u conducting of exams is difficult so please #CancelAPExamsPromoteStudents— R. SAI REVANTH (@RSAIREVANTH1) June 15, 2020
#10thstudents_livesmatter
Why the education minster of AP @adimulapusuresh and chief minister @ysjagan showing stubborn attitude on conducting 10th exams without caring about our lives???
We need support of media..
Pls— Abhiram_0526 (@abhiram_0526) June 18, 2020
sir please understand the situation happening whole state in this pandemic situation…. Exams conducting Risk to Student’s Plz understand the situation @ysjagan @Adimulapusuresh #cancelapsscexams #CancelAPExamsPromoteStudents pic.twitter.com/8iU0HqjaUy
— CHANDU UDAY (@CHANDUUDAY6) June 15, 2020
#cancelapsscexams#CancelAPExamsPromoteStudents
Sir @ysjagan @adimulapusuresh
We again and again r requesting u to cancel exams so plz try to atleast respond to our request. We want u to cancel exams because
There is lot of danger outside. We r not ready to face it. Plz cancel— Rahul (@Rahul19612203) June 15, 2020
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Suresh even announced the cancellation of Andhra Pradesh Intermediate first and the second year advanced supplementary exams for the year 2020. These were also scheduled to be held in July. According to the minister, the students who were unable to pass the previous two successive intermediate exams in the past will also be deemed to have passed.
(With inputs from The Quint)
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