<p class="title">Putting an end to the confusion, the State government on Sunday deferred the SSLC examinations that were scheduled to begin from March 27 in the wake of Covid-19 outbreak.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This apart, the government has also deferred the PU examination (English) which was due on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taking stock of the epidemic situation across the state, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa ordered deferring of examination followed by a statement by the Education Minister Suresh Kumar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A fresh time-table will be announced in the first week of April. According to S R Umashankar, Principal Secretary, Primary and Secondary Education department, following the lockdown in nine districts, the decision to defer the II PU exam was also taken by the department.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources in the Education department revealed that over 8.48 lakh students have registered for the SSLC exams and over 6 lakh students have been appearing for the II PU examination.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><span class="bold">Teachers get holiday</span></p>.<p class="bodytext">The State government which had assigned additional work to the teachers despite declaring holiday to schools on Sunday announced a holiday to teachers and PU lecturers, until March 31.</p>
<p class="title">Putting an end to the confusion, the State government on Sunday deferred the SSLC examinations that were scheduled to begin from March 27 in the wake of Covid-19 outbreak.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This apart, the government has also deferred the PU examination (English) which was due on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taking stock of the epidemic situation across the state, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa ordered deferring of examination followed by a statement by the Education Minister Suresh Kumar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A fresh time-table will be announced in the first week of April. According to S R Umashankar, Principal Secretary, Primary and Secondary Education department, following the lockdown in nine districts, the decision to defer the II PU exam was also taken by the department.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources in the Education department revealed that over 8.48 lakh students have registered for the SSLC exams and over 6 lakh students have been appearing for the II PU examination.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><span class="bold">Teachers get holiday</span></p>.<p class="bodytext">The State government which had assigned additional work to the teachers despite declaring holiday to schools on Sunday announced a holiday to teachers and PU lecturers, until March 31.</p>
