The New Indian Express

Tamil Nadu Class 8 kids caught in Math, Science bind: Survey

CHENNAI: A first-of-its-kind State-Level Achievement Survey that tested 9,80,341 students in Classes 3, 5 and 8 has found that the average mark scored by Class 8 students in Mathematics and Science ...
The Hindu

Class 8 student hacked by classmate with machete in Tamil Nadu’s Palayamkottai after enmity over ‘borrowing pencil’

A 14-year-old Class 8 student of a matriculation higher secondary school in Palayamkottai of Tirunelveli district suffered multiple cut injuries as his classmate attacked him with a machete on Tuesday ...
NDTV

Will Continue To Follow 'No-Detention Policy' Till Class 8: Tamil Nadu Minister

Tamil Nadu will continue to follow the 'no-detention policy' up to class 8, School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said on Monday. The Centre's move to allow schools to detain students in ...
Hindustan Times

Class 8 menstruating Tamil Nadu student forced to write exam outside classroom, school principal suspended

A private school in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district forced a student of Class 8 to sit outside of the class while writing her examination, reportedly because she was menstruating. A video of the ...
The New Indian Express

Tamil Nadu: State-wide student assessment to be held for classes 3, 5, and 8

CHENNAI: The school education department will conduct a State Level Achievement Survey (SLAS) in the last week of January to identify learning gaps and plan academic interventions. The OMR-based test ...