Hyderabad: The TS government on Tuesday declared the postponement of all examinations till Dasara due to heavy rains and floods in Hyderabad and some other parts of the state.
P. Sabitha Indra Reddy, TS Education Minister announced that all the examinations have been postponed till Dasara.
The government is likely to announce a fresh schedule of the exams later.
The decision to reschedule the exams is likely to provide relief to more than five lakh students.
After the minister tweeted the statement, numerous students responded with a request to cancel the examinations saying they cannot write the exams in the current situation in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and floods.
Meanwhile, the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad also announced postponement of all undergraduate and postgraduate regular and supplementary examinations scheduled on October 21 and 22 due to forecast of heavy rains.
The revised date of examinations will be intimated later for all the exams which were originally scheduled from October 14 to October 22, said JNTU-H Registrar Dr. M. Manzoor Hussain.
However, there will be no change in the schedule of exams scheduled to be held from October 27.