The Madras High Court on Monday endorsed the Tamil Nadu government's ‘All Pass’ order for students of class IX, X and XI without conducting the final examinations.
The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy upheld the government Order passed by the Education department on February 25 this year, while disposing of a public interest writ petition from an association of teachers.
The schools can hold aptitude tests before admitting the students in relevant streams in class 11, the judges added and directed the department to issue necessary guidelines in this regard.
Last year on October, Chief Minister K Palaniswami had announced in the assembly that these students will not have to take the exams, as he declared them ''all pass'' this academic year in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier, by the government orders passed on June IX and XI, the School Education department said all class X students would be declared pass without writing the exam due to the lockdown. It was also announced that The marks obtained in the quarterly and half-yearly exams and the attendance would be taken into consideration for this purpose, the Government Orders, which are sought to be set aside.
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