COVID Surge: Andhra Pradesh Announces Partial Curfew Till 17 May
The Quint“Considering the Andhra Pradesh High Court’s directions to reconsider the decision to hold intermediate exams, respecting the court’s view, we are postponing the exams,” state Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh had said in a statement to the media on Sunday. “We understand that students who are set to appear in the exams, and their parents, are feeling anxious amid news of rising COVID-19 cases in the country and within the state,” Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh said. On April 30, the Andhra Pradesh High Court, while hearing multiple petitions seeking cancellation of the intermediate exams, asked the state government to reconsider its decision. “The decision to postpone the exams to a later date will be conveyed to the high court on May 3,” Minister Adimulapu Suresh said.