VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh state government on Thursday announced that tenth class examinations will be conducted from July 10 to July 15. The government had taken a key decision on conducting examinations in six papers instead of eleven papers considering the delay happened due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Examinations will be conducted from 9.30 am to 12.45 pm as per the schedule.

AP education minister Adimulapu Suresh said that the schedule is released considering the present situation on the Covid-19 pandemic across the state. He said that social distancing will be strictly followed at examination centers and a limited number of students will be allocated to each examination hall. Seating arrangements will be made following guidelines on social distancing. The face mask is made mandatory at exam hall.

Usually, all subjects except for the second language have two papers and we have decided to make it single paper and conduct the exams in the shortest possible time so that students will not lose time incoming academic year, Suresh said.