<span style="color: #222222;">Amid COVID pandemic, Kerala government has announced the date of 10th and 12th State Board exams.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR Correspondent reports, the 10th standard SSLC examination, the 12th standard Higher Secondary and Vocational Higher Secondary examinations would begin from March 17th and would end on March 30th, 2021. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The exam dates were decided in a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.The authorities informed that the examination would be conducted in strict compliance with COVID-19 norms. The students of Class 10th and 12th can visit their schools from January 1st to clear the doubts and for practical classes.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The State Government further  decides to reopen colleges for the last year graduate and post graduate courses in the State from January 1st onwards. The Education Department has directed the colleges to resume classes from new year with 50 per cent attendance. All agricultural, fisheries colleges, and medical colleges from second year will resume classes from January 1st, following strict COVID protocols.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, 4,969 new COVID cases were confirmed in the State today while recoveries were also recorded. Presently the number of total active COVID cases in Kerala is 58,155. </span><br />''