Chennai: Students and teachers across Tamil Nadu are worried after the State government announced the closure of all colleges, except medical schools amid the surge in new Covid cases triggered by the new Omicron variant.
Most of the students are yet to complete their first-year syllabus and were slowly learning to cope with writing long essays and descriptive answers, unlike the online format, which they have been following since the previous lockdowns.
In some colleges, practical exams were also underway to prepare students in handling examinations by conducting model test papers on descriptive writing.
M Raghunathan, Professor with Government Arts College in Madurai, told IANS, "The students were slowly coming to terms with the writing techniques and classes were slowly getting back to normal. Now, suddenly the cases have shot up, colleges have been asked to shut down and students will be back to square one. However, health is of prime importance and the rest can be worked out."