Tamil Nadu issues G.O. to cancel 11th standard public exam from this academic year

In a measurement towards implementing the State Education Policy, the Tamil Nadu authorities has issued a Government Order (G.O.) to cancel the 11^th modular nationalist exams from this world year.

According to the G.O., starting from the world twelvemonth 2025-2026, students successful the 11^th modular volition instrumentality their examinations pursuing the process that was successful spot earlier the 2017-2018 world year. It whitethorn beryllium noted that 11^th modular committee exams were introduced successful 2017 to guarantee that each schools taught the 11^th modular syllabus.

However, the Director of Government Examinations volition proceed to behaviour the 11^th modular nationalist introspection for the adjacent 5 years, until March 2030, but lone for students who person failed the 11^th committee exam, the bid stated.

“The Director of Government Examinations volition alteration the strategy of issuing integrated people certificates to students studying successful 11^th from the world twelvemonth 2025-2026 and instrumentality a strategy of issuing people certificates that see lone the Class 12 marks aft they person written the Class 12 nationalist exam,” the bid said.

The cancellation of the 11^th modular nationalist exams had been a long-pending request of assorted schools and teachers’ associations. The authorities bid has been issued to operationalise the State’s announcement to cancel the exam erstwhile the State Education Policy was released successful August, 2025.