NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, FEB 4
The Tamil Nadu Government withdrew its decision to conduct public exams for students of classes 5 and 8 in March and April this year.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday, the State Minister for School Education K.A. Sengottaiyan said, following an announcement in September last year to hold public exams for these classes, the government had received several representations and suggestions from the public.
“Taking all these into consideration and has cancelled the government order to conduct examinations for classes 5 and 8. We will revert to the existing system of exams,” the statement said.
The decision to conduct examinations for classes 5 and 8 had evoked sharp criticism from several quarters. Teachers, academicians and activists had opined that this would only increase the burden of, and stress on students.
