Tamil Nadu to promote students of classes 9 to 11 without examinations
The Hindu
Students of classes 9, 10 and 11 in Tamil Nadu have been declared promoted to the next higher classes without any examinations this academic year in view of “unprecedented circumstances” caused by COVID-19, announced Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday.
“They have been promoted after taking into consideration the unprecedented circumstances, the request from parents and the opinions of the educationists,” Mr Palaniswami said in a suo motu statement in the Legislative Assembly.
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