Puducherry cancels Class 12 board exams 2021 amid Covid-19 surge

Puducherry has canceled the Class 12 board exams 2021 amid the second wave of Covid-19.

Amid the Covid-19 surge, Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy has announced that the Class 12 board exams will be canceled in the Union Territory. In a release, he mentioned that the examinations slated for Puducherry and Karaikal regions adopting the Tamil Nadu pattern of curriculum and syllabus have been canceled. The announcement came days after the Tamil Nadu government decided to cancel the examinations. The Union Territory has no separate board for either secondary education or higher secondary education and follows the pattern adopted in Tamil Nadu.