One of the things that students, teachers, and parents could consistently rely on in Tamil Nadu was the timely announcement of the Class 12 State Board exam results.
So this year, when the School Education Department announced that the May 8 release date would be postponed, it caused significant disappointment across the education community. The reason? An Education Minister was required to release the results, as had been the case in previous years. However, because a new government had yet to be formed then, there was no Minister to authorise the announcement, leading to the delay.
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A tradition initiated by Sengottaiyan
But this had not always been the case; results were not politicised until 2018. The tradition began that year when the then School Education Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan (then in the AIADMK) released the Class 12 results. Before this, the Directorate of Government Examinations, under the School Education Department, would release them.
