Will hold Andhra Responsible For Even 1 Fatality: Court On Class 12 Exams

The Supreme Court also told Andhra Pradesh that it cannot keep everything "uncertain" regarding the Class 12 boards

The Andhra Pradesh government -- which has been keen on holding physical exams for Class 12 boards -- has been given  a warning and two days' time to take a decision on the matter by the Supreme Court. "If there is even one fatality, we will hold the state responsible... You cannot keep everything uncertain," the judges today told the state, which is yet to make any announcement regarding the exams, keeping thousands of students on tenterhooks. At a hearing on the Plus-two Board exam issue yesterday, the top court had taken note of the situation in different states, including Andhra Pradesh, which is keen to conduct both Class 10 and 12 board exams. Advocate Mahfooz Nazki, who was representing Andhra Pradesh, had told the court that the state government has made a decision to conduct the examination in view of the improving Covid situation. "Our stand has been the same from the beginning. We want to conduct the examinations only in the interest of the students' future," Education Minister A Suresh had said at an earlier hearing on June 17.