CHANDIGARH: Students, who are indecisive, brace up! You can't change your horses (read courses) midstream. This is the new diktat of the Central Board of Secondary Education.
In a major setback to classes IX and XI pass-outs, the board has asked its affiliated schools not to allow subject or stream change in classes X and XII from this academic year. The board sent the circular on May 15. Students and parents came to know of it when their pleas for subject change were rejected by the school authorities. Many worried parents have sent mails to CBSE regional office as well as Delhi office.
A worried mother of a Class XII student who has written a mail to CBSE said, "I wrote to CBSE regional officer soon after I got to know that my daughter cannot change her subject (maths) in which she did not score well. Students are feeling helpless because of the CBSE decision."
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Another parent said, "My daughter is quite upset since she learned about it." She, too, has written to CBSE to allow her daughter to change a subject.
"If my child does not like a subject, he will either ignore it or find it difficult to focus on it. In either case, his performance will be affected in other subjects too," said Bhimesh Singh, a parent.
Many students are feeling demotivated. "I had taken biology as an optional subject. And now I find it difficult to cope with it. I had submitted an application for changing the subject to physical education, but it was rejected. In Class XI my percentage went down because of it. If I cannot change the subject, my performance might be affected in Class XII too," said Preeti Sawhney, a Class XII student.
Parents said if CBSE did not take back its decision, then they would be left with no option other than changing the board.
"It is the deciding year for students and scoring low in Class XII means cutting down many opportunities. If CBSE does not re-think its decision, then we will shift our children to some other board rather than watch them feel helpless," said Gurjant Singh, a parent.
"The board's decision can send many students into depression," another parent added.
The Circular
"No candidate shall be permitted to change his subject of study after passing Class IX or XI and the candidate shall not offer a subject in Class X and XII which he/she had not studied and passed in Class IX and XI, respectively," states the circular. "The board expects the schools to follow the above guidelines in its true letter the sanctity of the bye-laws so framed after much deliberation," it adds.
In a major setback to classes IX and XI pass-outs, the board has asked its affiliated schools not to allow subject or stream change in classes X and XII from this academic year. The board sent the circular on May 15. Students and parents came to know of it when their pleas for subject change were rejected by the school authorities. Many worried parents have sent mails to CBSE regional office as well as Delhi office.
A worried mother of a Class XII student who has written a mail to CBSE said, "I wrote to CBSE regional officer soon after I got to know that my daughter cannot change her subject (maths) in which she did not score well. Students are feeling helpless because of the CBSE decision."
Click here for state wise CBSE board results
Another parent said, "My daughter is quite upset since she learned about it." She, too, has written to CBSE to allow her daughter to change a subject.
"If my child does not like a subject, he will either ignore it or find it difficult to focus on it. In either case, his performance will be affected in other subjects too," said Bhimesh Singh, a parent.
Many students are feeling demotivated. "I had taken biology as an optional subject. And now I find it difficult to cope with it. I had submitted an application for changing the subject to physical education, but it was rejected. In Class XI my percentage went down because of it. If I cannot change the subject, my performance might be affected in Class XII too," said Preeti Sawhney, a Class XII student.
Parents said if CBSE did not take back its decision, then they would be left with no option other than changing the board.
"It is the deciding year for students and scoring low in Class XII means cutting down many opportunities. If CBSE does not re-think its decision, then we will shift our children to some other board rather than watch them feel helpless," said Gurjant Singh, a parent.
"The board's decision can send many students into depression," another parent added.
The Circular
"No candidate shall be permitted to change his subject of study after passing Class IX or XI and the candidate shall not offer a subject in Class X and XII which he/she had not studied and passed in Class IX and XI, respectively," states the circular. "The board expects the schools to follow the above guidelines in its true letter the sanctity of the bye-laws so framed after much deliberation," it adds.
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