Why risk lakhs of lives: Madras HC asks TN Govt on having Class X exams
Madras high court
When the state government has not decided to open schools and colleges until COVID-19 situation subsides, how can 9 lakh students, 2 lakh teachers and thousands of non-teaching staff be forced to risk their lives attending class 10 board exams from June 15, questioned a bench of the Madras High Court.
Hearing a case against the Tamil Nadugovernment’s decision to conduct Class 10 exams from June 15, a bench comprising Justice Vineet Kothari and R Suresh Kumar wanted to know what was the hurry in conducting exams amid rising COVID-19 cases in the state. The Tamil Nadu High and Higher Secondary School Graduate Teachers Association had approached the court seeking to prevent the State government from conducting Class 10 board exams starting 15 June.
The petitioner stated that the decision to conduct board exams from mid-June was taken in the month of May and it might have been under the impression that the COVID-19 situation would improve in the state. It was also stated that there were over 12,000 examination centers for Class 10, thus indicating the manpower required amid the prevailing scenario where Tamil Nadu has seen 31,667 total COVID-19 cases of which 14,396 are active, while the state has been seeing a daily increase of over 1,000 cases for the last one week.
The Additional Advocate General responded saying that there appeared to be a meeting between the Chief Minister and School Education Minister regarding the same.
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The Court asked if there was any outcome from the meeting, adding that any decision on postponement of exams must be taken immediately without keeping parents and students on tenterhooks.
The bench also lashed out at the State Government, saying that conducting class 10 exams were unlike re-opening of TASMAC (state-run liquor outlets) during the lockdown. “Can the state government give an undertaking that no student will get infected by COVID-19 if it is allowed to conduct the 10th grade board exams from June 15th” the bench questioned.
Stating that it is well and good if the Tamil NaduGovernment itself postpones the exams without letting the Damocles Sword hang over students heads till the eleventh hour.
The High Court is to hear the case against Class X exams again at 2:30pm and seek the response of the State Government, however the Court has said that it is Prima facie satisfied that the Government decision to conduct board exams from June 15must be stayed.