The Karnataka Education Department has postponed the exams for classes 5 to 8 due to the awaited verdict from the Karnataka High Court.
Story so far: The exams were originally scheduled to take place from March 13, but they have now been postponed.
- The education department had planned to conduct common assessments for classes 5 to 8 this academic year. However, the High Court (HC) quashed the order on Friday. The government has appealed the order, and the court has postponed the hearing to Tuesday.
- Both schools and the education department are anxiously awaiting the decision of the HC regarding common assessments. If common evaluation gets cancelled, they can conduct school-level exams, and the schools can prepare their own question papers.
Anxiety-ridden students: Both schools and educationists are extremely tense about this uncertain situation. Many feel that government actions are condemnable because students were first told they had to prepare for public exams, but they are now being told there may not be public exams.