The decision of the Telangana government to postpone Class 12 and cancel class 10 exams follows the notification issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education announcement on Wednesday.
A notification to this effect was issued by the special chief secretary (education) Chitra Ramachandran in the evening, following a high-level meeting convened by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao earlier in the day.
Ramachandran said all the Class 10 examinations scheduled to be held from May 17 stood canceled. The results of the Class 10 students would be announced on the basis of objective criteria to be developed by the Telangana Board of Secondary School Certification at a later date.