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HRD guidelines to conduct exams by September: Not feasible, says Tamil Nadu

The state govt has written to the HRD minister requesting him to pass appropriate instructions to relevant authorities

Students undergo thermal screening before entering the examination centre in Indore on Tuesday.
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Tamil Nadu has the highest Gross Enrollment Ratio of 49 per cent among the States, resulting in a large number of students studying in various Universities.

T E Narasimhan Chennai
Tamil Nadu Government has said that the new guidelines by the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, which mandated that all the educational institutions across the country shall conduct examinations by September 2020 for the final semester students, will not be feasible. The new guidelines have many constraints and difficulties which include the students reaching the examination centres, as many of them reside outside the district or state and some even outside the country.  

It is also not feasible to conduct online examinations, considering the various issues relating to digital access to the students.

Tamil Nadu Government today asked the Center to give

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