In a good news for students of government schools up to class VIII, the Yogi Adityanath government has issued orders for their promotion to the next class without any exams in view of the coronavirus outbreak. Additional Chief Secretary, Education, Renuka Kumar said that due to closure of schools because of COVID-19 till April 2, the goverment has decided to cancel the examination and promote students of government schools up to class VIII to next class.
The exams at government schools were scheduled between March 16 and 23 but later rescheduled from March 23 to 28 due to shutdown owing to the cironavirus outbreak. As the exams are not possible looking at the situation, the decision was taken to promote the students. The decision will benefit around 1.50 crore students of government-run schools.