Claiming that they were not taught properly, a section of students turned to Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor for help. Students claimed that it is unfair to hold offline board exams and demanded alternatives including online exams, internal assessments, or the cancelation of board exams.

In one of the tweets, students said, “we are not taught to be prepared for boards. This is really unfair for the online batch. They are telling us to directly prepare without any preparation for the offline board exam.”

Demanding cancelation of board exams for state boards as well as NIOS, the student wrote further, “Government is not paying attention, we are struggling…We need a fair decision to be made.” She further added, “the teachers have had net problems. We have lost touch with writing. We do not have necessary books or notes.”

Claiming that it was the problem of many students and not just her, she asked Tharoor to intervene and said, “students are deeply under stress.” Many students agreed with her and highlighted their concerns to Tharoor.