Published 19:39 IST, March 20th 2020
TS SSC exam postponed due to the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak?
TS SSC exam postponed due to the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak. Students would have to attend the scheduled paper of March 21, 2020, and remaining exams later.
Various states in India have postponed their state examinations due to the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak. But the state of Telangana had announced it yesterday i.e March 19, 2020, that they would be going ahead with the scheduled dates of examinations. This had brought upon a lot of backlash, as both students and parents were concerned about the health care which looms over the lives of several people. Now, the High Court has given out an order for Telangana state to postpone their SSC examinations due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Telangana SSC exams postponed
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The official Twitter account of the Telangana Chief Minister's Office had tweeted it just yesterday that the SSC exams will be going forward as scheduled, thus reportedly bringing upon a state of panic and paranoia for students and their parents. The exam was also scheduled to go on till April 6, 2020, with over 5 lakh students registered to take the SSC exams. Though the exams have been postponed now, tomorrow's examination i.e March 21, 2020, will go as per schedule. But with the court's order, the exam will be postponed from Monday, March 23, 2020.
Updated 19:39 IST, March 20th 2020