With the postponement of major national entrance tests such as JEE and NEET due to the coronavirus pandemic, academic schedules of millions of students and institutions across the country have been thrown out of gear BENGALURU : For the past eight months, Priya Subramaniam has not gone out with her friends.
She had virtually isolated herself to prepare for the Class 12 board exams in March. Among her few interactions with the outside world was when she attended coaching classes for admission to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
The nationwide lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic has, however, thrown all her plans into disarray and left her deeply worried. “The first jolt was when they announced that the Class 12 ISC exams