Jammu Tawi, April 16 -- The government on Thursday cancelled the ongoing board examinations of 10th standard of Jammu region following the spike in COVID-19 cases across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Announcement in this regard was made through the official twitter handle of the Office of Lieutenant Government Jammu and Kashmir.

"In view of rising cases of COVID-19, Class X ongoing exams for remaining subjects has been cancelled and their promotion to class XI will be decided on the basis of their performance in subjects already undertaken in present exam and internal assessment," Office of LG J&K tweeted.

"In case of ongoing XII exams, it has been postponed and it will be reviewed after one month," it further tweeted.

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