Kerala Class 11 Exams Paused, Supreme Court Says "Situation Alarming"

Friday, 3 September 2021Newsdesk
Kerala Class 11 Exams Paused, Supreme Court Says "Situation Alarming"
Worried by an "alarming" COVID-19 situation in Kerala, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed a state government decision to hold offline Class 11 exams.

New Delhi, 03 September2021

As per news report of NDTV, the court ordered the exams be paused for a week, saying: "Children of tender age can't be exposed to the risk (of contracting the virus)"."There is an alarming situation in Kerala. It accounts for more than 70 per cent of cases in the country, with around 35,000 daily cases. Children of tender age can't be exposed to this risk," a bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar, Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice CT Ravikumar said.Justice Roy underlined the seriousness of the issue by pointing out Kerala "has one of the best medical infrastructures... but has not been able to contain Covid cases".

Source -NDTV

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