Polytechnic admissions through Class IX marks

Those who passed Class X last year to be admitted based on Class X marks

Admission to the first year of the polytechnic courses at the 51 government-run colleges will be based on the Class IX annual examination marks, Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudi said on Saturday. The students will be admitted based on the same norms as for Class XI. Those who passed Class X last year will be admitted based on their Class X marks. Normally, admissions are done through scores obtained by students in the Class X public examinations. But these exams were cancelled this year owing to the pandemic. The government cancelled the exams for Classes X, XI and XII this year. Lateral admission to the second year of the polytechnic courses would be based on the award of marks in Classes XI and XII, officials said. However, school teachers said Class IX students did not take the annual exams as the government declared all of them promoted in the academic year 2020-21. This year, too, the government exempted students from the Class X board exams.