Class 10 students in Telangana will be promoted to next class based on internal marks, says CM K Chandrashekhar Rao

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Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday (June 8, 2020) announced that Class 10 students will be promoted to the next class without any examinations. 

He said it would not be possible to conduct Class 10 examinations due to the spread of coronavirus in the state.

The Chief Minister made the comments while holding a high-level review meeting on Monday at Pragathi Bhavan here on the conduct of SSC examinations amid the coronavirus crisis.

Rao said that the Class 10 students would be promoted to the next class by giving grades to them based on their internal assessment marks. 

The government also decided to take a call on the degree/post-graduate course examinations based on the situation that will prevail in the future.

According to Telangana Chief Minister`s Office (CMO), there are 5,34,903 students of class 10 in the state. 

There are six subjects and 11 papers. Of this, three examinations pertaining to the two subjects have already been conducted. At that time, the examinations were postponed due to the High Court`s orders.

Education Minister Sabita Indrareddy, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, Special Chief Secretary (Education) Chitra Ramachandran, CMO Principal Secretary S Narsing Rao, Board of Secondary Education Director Satynarayan Reddy, CMO Special Secretary Rajsekhar, OSD Deshapathy Srinivas, Secretary Bhoopal Reddy and others participated in the meeting.