Kerala postpones Class 10, 12, other board and varsity exams due to Coronavirus

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Kerala postpones Class 10, 12, other board and varsity exams due to Coronavirus

Kerala has so far witnessed 25 COVID-19 positive patients and over 30,000 people are under observation

Friday March 20, 2020 3:10 PM, ummid.com with inputs from IANS

Thiruvananthapuram: Facing frequent Opposition flak for not postponing board and university examination, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday announced that all exams currently on have been postponed following coronavirus outbreak.

Kerala has so far witnessed 25 COVID-19 positive patients and over 30,000 people are under observation.

Revised Time Table soon

The state board exams 2020 for Class X, XI and XII, currently on, have been postponed and fresh dates will be decided after March 31.

All university exams, too, have been postponed. It has also been decided that there will be no exams for Class 8 and 9.

Both the Congress-led UDF and the BJP-led NDA have been demanding postponing all examinations, but it was only late last night after a meeting with the with top bureaucrats that the CM decided to postpone the exams.

Liquor sales banned

Meanwhile, Vijayan remains unrelenting to the demands for closing down all state-owned retail shops selling liquor and beer.

The staff at these liquor outlets have started insisting that the customers maintain a distance from the counters.

Earlier, the CBSE Class 10 and 12, ICSE and ISC, JEE Main April 2020 and other exams were also canceled and postponed for new date due to Coronavirus.

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