Madras High Court slams Tamil Nadu government over plans to conduct board exams from June 15

Madras High Court slams Tamil Nadu government over plans to conduct board exams from June 15

A bench of the Madras High Court questioned the Tamil Nadu authorities on plans of conducting Class 10 board exams from June 15. The courtroom mentioned that when the state authorities has not determined to open colleges and faculties till Covid-19 state of affairs subsides, how can 9 lakh college students, 2 lakh academics and hundreds of non-teaching workers be pressured to danger their lives attending class 10 board exams from June 15. 

The High Court bench comprised of Justice Vineet Kothari and R Suresh Kumar who requested the federal government to state purpose behind the hurry in conducting exams amid rising Covid-19 instances within the state. 

The listening to was performed after Tamil Nadu High and Higher Secondary School Graduate Teachers Association approached the courtroom in search of to forestall the State authorities from conducting Class 10 board exams beginning 15th June.

The petitioner acknowledged that the choice to conduct board exams from mid-June was taken within the month of May and it may need been underneath the impression that the Covid-19 state of affairs would enhance within the state. It was additionally acknowledged that there have been over 12,000 examination facilities for Class 10, thus indicating the manpower required amid the prevailing state of affairs the place Tamil Nadu has seen 31667 complete Covid-19 instances of which 14396 are lively, whereas the state has been seeing a each day enhance of over 1000 instances for the final one week.

The Additional Advocate General responded saying that there gave the impression to be a gathering between the Chief Minister and School Education Minister concerning the identical. 

The Court requested if there was any final result from the assembly, including that any determination on postponement of exams have to be taken instantly with out preserving mother and father and college students on tenterhooks. 

The bench additionally lashed out on the State Government, saying that conducting class X exams had been in contrast to re-opening of TASMAC(state-run liquor retailers) in the course of the lockdown. “Can the state government give an undertaking that no student will get infected by Covid-19 if it is allowed to conduct the 10th grade board exams from June 15th” the bench questioned. 

Stating that it’s properly and good if the TN Government itself postpones the exams with out letting the Damocles Sword dangle over college students heads until the eleventh hour. 

The High Court is to listen to the case in opposition to Class 10 exams once more at 2:30 pm and search the response of the State Government, nevertheless the Court has mentioned that it’s Prima facie glad that the Government determination to conduct board exams from June 15th have to be stayed. 

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