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New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday announced that students from nursery to class 8 will be promoted to the next class in the national capital. In a joint digital press conference with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia said online classes for students of class 12 will begin from first week of April. Exams of up to class 8 could not be held due to the recent violence in northeast Delhi which was followed by the coronavirus outbreak, he said. For class 12 students, the Delhi government will start online classes from first week of April and students will be given funds for purchasing internet data packs. Noting that online classes for class 10 will begin later, Sisodia said the government was consulting the CBSE on how to start such classes for class 9 students as well..