Puducherry students of classes 1 to 9 promoted to higher class without exams

The students of classes 1 to 9 in Puducherry schools have been passed and promoted to the higher class without the conduction of exams this year.

Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan recently gave her approval to the proposal suggesting that the students of classes 1 to 9 in the union territory be declared as “all pass” this academic year without the conduction of exams. The news was further confirmed when a release from Raj Nivas (office of Lt Governor) said the Lieutenant Governor has approved the proposal of the School Education department to declare as 'all pass' students of Classes 1 to 9 in all the four regions of the Union Territory. Similarly, students of Classes 10 and 11 in the Mahe and Yanam regions would be promoted as per the guidelines of the Boards of Education in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh respectively, the official statement said.