chennai the tamil nadu school education department will consult educationists academicians psychologists and health experts on saturday on conducting class xii examsthe virtual meeting with educationists will take place from around noon to 1pm the meeting with health experts will be conducted from 1pm to 130pmfollowing the consultation school education minister anbil mahesh poyyamozhi will submit a report to the chief minister m k stalin for taking a final call on conducting the state board examsthe central government has cancelled the cbse class xii examinations due to covid19 states including gujarat punjab maharashtra have also cancelled the board exams following the centres announcement however the tamil nadu government asked the school education department to hold wider consultations since the admissions to arts and science colleges engineering and agriculture courses are based on class xii board exams in the statethe department received a mixed opinion from parents and teachers across the state while the majority of parents wanted to cancel the exam the teachers were in favour of conducting exams so consultation with educationists and health experts will play a crucial role in deciding the class xii examsanbil mahesh poyyamozhi said the state government was also keenly watching the decisions taken by other states