Due to a spike in Covid-19 cases in Chhattisgarh, the state government led by Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said students of all classes will be promoted without examinations, except those from Class X and XII.
As told by a public relations department official, the order was issued late evening by the state education department and is directed towards all state-run, Central as well as private schools.
"All schools will be shut till further orders and all students, except class 10th and 12th, will be given a general promotion to the next class without holding examinations," the order said.
"The board exams of class 10th and 12th will be held offline as per the schedule declared earlier by Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) while complying with all coronavirus preventive guidelines issued by the Centre and state government from time to time," the order added.
Schools, colleges, and universities, which were shut since the coronavirus-induced lockdown imposed in the country last year, were reopened from February 15, though only students of Classes IX to XII had to attend.
In the previous academic session too, the state government had promoted students of all classes, except for class 10th and 12th, after the coronavirus-induced lockdown was imposed in March last year.
Meanwhile, the state's Skill Development, Technical Education and Employment Department have ordered to shut all government and private engineering colleges, polytechnic colleges, Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and skill development training and educational activities.
An employment-cum-skill fair scheduled to be held on Tuesday in Abhanpur in Raipur has been canceled, the official said.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel chaired a meeting of cabinet ministers and senior officials in view of sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in the last one week.
Chhattisgarh's Covid-19 tally mounted to 3,24,153 on Sunday as 1,000 people tested positive for the infection.
(With inputs from PTI)
