Class 12 students of State board schools in Tamil Nadu will begin their exams on May 5, Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said on Wednesday.
Unveiling the schedule, he said the public exams for Class 12 students would take place from May 5 to May 28. The Class 11 public exams would be held from May 9 to May 31. The public exams would be held for Class 10 students from May 6 to May 30. The practical exams for Classes 10, 11 and 12 would begin on April 25.
The public exams were not held for the past two years owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Tentatively, the public exams results for Class 12 students will be announced on June 23. Class 10 students will get their results on June 17 and Class 11 students on July 7. The results may either be announced earlier or slightly later,” Mr. Anbil Mahesh said.
Nearly 9 lakh students will take up the Class 10 exams, 8.49 lakh students will take up the Class 11 exams and 8.36 lakh students will take up the Class 12 exams.
For students of Classes 6-9 of the government, aided, and matriculation schools following the State common board syllabus, the final exams will be held from May 5 to May 13. The last working day for the 2021-22 academic year will be May 13 for students of Classes 1 to 5.
“I would like to reiterate what the Chief Minister has said to students taking up the exams. Let them all study with joy, and write the exams for their satisfaction,” the Minister said.
In the revision exams held in February, a set of question papers had leaked in certain schools in Tiruvannamalai district. Speaking about this issue, the Minister said the Department was taking steps to ensure that this would not happen in future. “We took a serious view of it and did not just dismiss it as a leak [only] in the revision exams. Departmental action was taken against those responsible,” he said.
The full schedule for the exams will be available shortly on www.tnschools.gov.in.
