Andhra Pradesh (AP) is among the many few states which can be going to conduct the category 10 and 12 board exams amid the continuing pandemic. The AP SSC (class 10) and Intermediate (class 12) board exams are scheduled to start on June 6 and May 5, respectively. More than 10 lakh college students are anticipated to look for the intermediate exams this yr.
However, college students throughout the state are distressed on the state’s transfer amid the rising variety of COVID-19 circumstances. Andhra Pradesh reported greater than 14,792 new COVID-19 circumstances within the final 24 hours, taking the tally to 10,84,336.
Sowmya Saluru, 17, a second-year intermediate pupil at Achiever’s College, Vizag, says that the scholars are usually not mentally ready to take the exams. “We are losing people in our families. I have lost around 7 members of my family to COVID-19 and two of them were just in their late 30s. While the government is saying that the class 12 pass certificate without the exam will not hold much value, we just want to ask that what will we do with the certificates if our lives are at a risk,” she advised indianexpress.com.
AP Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh on Thursday made it clear that there can be no change within the schedule of intermediate examinations, which can be held from May 5 at 1452 centres, duly following the Covid protocol guaranteeing security for each pupil.
Addressing a press convention on Thursday, the minister mentioned that inter-examinations are essential for the way forward for the scholars, as these certificates are fairly important in future. He assured that college students and their dad and mom needn’t fear in regards to the conduct of the exams, as strict preventive measures can be taken at each centre.
Arjunsai Atluri, one other class 12 pupil, mentioned he contracted the COVID-19 virus whereas showing for the sensible exams, which have been held from April 6-9. He fears that different college students might additionally get contaminated whereas taking the offline board exams.
“I had taken my practical exams at the SS Mahitha College of Education, Vijayawada on April 6. The sanitisation process was not up to the mark. We appeared for the chemistry practical and the equipment was not sanitised and other students before us had also touched the same test tubes and beakers. Many students were coughing in the hall. After returning home, I started having mild symptoms and got myself tested. On April 9, I was diagnosed with COVID-19 positive. More than 10 lakh students who will appear for these exams will eventually put their families at risk,” says Arjun.
The AP authorities cancelled its cabinet assembly scheduled for April 29, stating coronavirus scare and has not but handed their finances because the meeting couldn’t perform attributable to COVID.
Meanwhile, there’s lower than every week left for the category 12 exams to start on May 5. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has moved the excessive courtroom and filed a PIL in search of postponement of exams.
“This could go down as one of the worst policy failures of a state government when the whole country is fighting the second wave. The AP government is risking multiple super-spreader events by bringing together 10.3 lakh students in 1400+ centres for class 11, 12 exams next month. Every other state has postponed or cancelled them. This is a criminal and immoral waste of resources when we should be single-mindedly fighting the pandemic,” TDP General Secretary Nara Lokesh advised indianexpress.com.