<p>The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to cancel the SSC examinations this year, as the state sees a rising number of COVID-19 cases.</p>.<p>On Saturday, state Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh announced the decision to promote all the 6.3 lakh students without exams.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-deaths-covid-19-tally-maharashtra-karnataka-delhi-mumbai-bengaluru-icmr-worldometer-info-851629.html">Follow live updates on coronavirus</a></p>.<p>In a revised schedule, the Jaganmohan Reddy government had planned to conduct the exams from July 10 to 15, by limiting 11 exam papers to six.</p>.<p>Though arrangements like doubling the exam centres, sanitisers, thermal scanners etc. were made, the growth of COVID-19 cases in an uncontrolled manner led to the decision.</p>.<p>Earlier this month, the Telangana government had decided to cancel the 10th examinations and promote all 5.35 lakh students based on the internal assessment marks.</p>.<p>Tamil Nadu also took a similar decision, cancelling the board exams.</p>.<p>On Saturday, AP recorded 491 new cases surpassing the 465 cases on Friday. The state has, till now, a total of 8,452 cases, out of which 4,240 are active cases.</p>.<p>Five new COVID-19 related deaths were registered on Saturday, taking the overall toll to 101.</p>.<p>“Since the positive cases are growing, our chief minister Reddy took the decision for the sake of the worried students and their parents,” the minister said.</p>.<p>The intermediate supplementary examinations are also cancelled, with all applied students deemed to have passed. Their exam fees will also be returned.</p>.<p>The Opposition TDP and the BJP have been demanding that the exams be cancelled to keep students away from the possibility of contracting the virus.</p>
<p>The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to cancel the SSC examinations this year, as the state sees a rising number of COVID-19 cases.</p>.<p>On Saturday, state Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh announced the decision to promote all the 6.3 lakh students without exams.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-deaths-covid-19-tally-maharashtra-karnataka-delhi-mumbai-bengaluru-icmr-worldometer-info-851629.html">Follow live updates on coronavirus</a></p>.<p>In a revised schedule, the Jaganmohan Reddy government had planned to conduct the exams from July 10 to 15, by limiting 11 exam papers to six.</p>.<p>Though arrangements like doubling the exam centres, sanitisers, thermal scanners etc. were made, the growth of COVID-19 cases in an uncontrolled manner led to the decision.</p>.<p>Earlier this month, the Telangana government had decided to cancel the 10th examinations and promote all 5.35 lakh students based on the internal assessment marks.</p>.<p>Tamil Nadu also took a similar decision, cancelling the board exams.</p>.<p>On Saturday, AP recorded 491 new cases surpassing the 465 cases on Friday. The state has, till now, a total of 8,452 cases, out of which 4,240 are active cases.</p>.<p>Five new COVID-19 related deaths were registered on Saturday, taking the overall toll to 101.</p>.<p>“Since the positive cases are growing, our chief minister Reddy took the decision for the sake of the worried students and their parents,” the minister said.</p>.<p>The intermediate supplementary examinations are also cancelled, with all applied students deemed to have passed. Their exam fees will also be returned.</p>.<p>The Opposition TDP and the BJP have been demanding that the exams be cancelled to keep students away from the possibility of contracting the virus.</p>
