In view of the threat posed by the novel Coronavirus, the state administration has decided to cancel the annual examinations till class VIII in all the schools of the state. In an order the secretary education, R Meenakshi Sundaram said that the students till class VIII would be promoted on the basis of the evaluations taken earlier during the academic year. He said that some schools are asking the teachers to come to the school which is wrong. As per the order the schools are allowed the take examination of class IX and XI students