TN Government & Government aided schools students facing the academic loss of more than six months due to the pandemic lock down, the State government is planning to implement bridge courses for students from Class 1 to 8 – who do not have board exams – before they are promoted to the next standard. This would help about 27 lakhs government and aided school students from these classes, said official sources.Due to the lock down, the schools across the State were not able to function since March, and authorities do not have a schedule on reopening the educational institutions as on date.