Suriya thank the education minister for canceling the 5 & 8 standard board exams: Suriya thank the Tamil Nadu government and the education minister for canceling the board exams for the 5th and 8th standard students. Yesterday, February 4, the education minister announced the cancellation of the two exams for which the preparations were in full swing across Tamil Nadu. Surya, apart from being a successful actor, is also helping hundreds of students through the Agaram Foundation, was against the said exams.
In a tweet yesterday, Surya thanked them and said that he knew firsthand the difficulties of students who wish to continue education after stopping it for a while. He has expressed his views against the central government's proposed education policy in the past. He was both criticized and also praised for such opinions on the policy.
The said central government proposed education policy only wants board exams for the 5 and 8 standards. But it is only at the proposal stage and yet to be made into law and implemented across India. But Tamil Nadu government in September 2019 announced the board exams for the two standards. It is the only southern state to announce such exams. All preparations were in full swing for the past four months. Even last week, the education minister in a function in Chennai, confirmed of conducting the exams.