Synopsis: The G.O. formalizes the implementation of the State Education Policy announced in August 2025, reflecting the government’s effort to streamline school examinations and reduce academic pressure on students.

In a major education policy move, the Tamil Nadu government has issued a Government Order (G.O.) to cancel the 11th standard public examinations starting from the academic year 2025-2026.

Students in the 11th standard will now follow the examination procedure that was in place before 2017-2018, before the introduction of 11th standard board exams designed to standardize the syllabus across schools.

However, the Director of Government Examinations will continue to conduct 11th standard exams only for students who fail.

This applies only to exceptional cases, such as:

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