Only Class XII marks to count for college admissions in state
B Sivakumar & Ram Sundaram TNN
Chennai: times of india 16.09.2018
In a major policy reversal, the state government has announced that Class XI board examination marks will not be considered for college admissions. As was the practice till last year, only Class XII marks will be taken into account, school education minister K A Sengottaiyan announced on Saturday.
The rethink comes after record number of state board students either failed or absented themselves in their first-ever Class XI board exams this year.
In 2017, Tamil Nadu government introduced board exam for Class XI to end the practice of private schools skipping the portions of Class XI and training students only for Class XII exams, scores in which were considered for college admissions.
The minister had then said that equal weightage would be given to Class XI and XII board exams and a consolidated marksheet for 1,200 marks would be issued to students after successful completion of the exams. Alongside the reform, the government had also introduced a new syllabus for Class XI state board students.
Max marks cut from 1200 to 600
Exactly a year later, the government has retracted its stance. Explaining the rationale behind the move, Sengottaiyan said, “We received many complaints through CM’s special grievance cell stating students were stressed to write three board exams at a stretch.” So, from this year, Class XI scores will not be considered for college admissions, he added.
However, Class XI students will continue to write their board exams. Marksheets will be issued for 600 marks to Class XII students, but only if they cleared all the subjects under the two-year higher secondary course.
If a student failed in one or more subjects, a mark statement, mentioning the scores secured by them in the other subjects, would be issued, said a government order issued by Pradeep Yadav, school education secretary, in connection with the announcement.
While many experts, teacher associations and parents have condemned this decision effected in the middle of an academic year, others said this might remove the burden off students’ shoulders. P Fredrick Reymend, a government school teacher, said there was no logic now that private schools were going to be serious about Class XI, which formed the base for higher education.
Educationist Prince Gajendra Babu said, “By revising the syllabus and conducting the board exams the very same year, they have put last year’s students under unnecessary pressure. Parents, teachers and experts were not consulted before taking this decision or earlier ones, including merger of language papers and changing the nomenclature of districtlevel elementary offices.” But school education expert S S Rajagopalan said, “Holding public exams at the end of Class XI is against students. Admissions for Class XI go on up to September, leaving little time for students to complete the syllabus.”
B Sivakumar & Ram Sundaram TNN
Chennai: times of india 16.09.2018
In a major policy reversal, the state government has announced that Class XI board examination marks will not be considered for college admissions. As was the practice till last year, only Class XII marks will be taken into account, school education minister K A Sengottaiyan announced on Saturday.
The rethink comes after record number of state board students either failed or absented themselves in their first-ever Class XI board exams this year.
In 2017, Tamil Nadu government introduced board exam for Class XI to end the practice of private schools skipping the portions of Class XI and training students only for Class XII exams, scores in which were considered for college admissions.
The minister had then said that equal weightage would be given to Class XI and XII board exams and a consolidated marksheet for 1,200 marks would be issued to students after successful completion of the exams. Alongside the reform, the government had also introduced a new syllabus for Class XI state board students.
Max marks cut from 1200 to 600
Exactly a year later, the government has retracted its stance. Explaining the rationale behind the move, Sengottaiyan said, “We received many complaints through CM’s special grievance cell stating students were stressed to write three board exams at a stretch.” So, from this year, Class XI scores will not be considered for college admissions, he added.
However, Class XI students will continue to write their board exams. Marksheets will be issued for 600 marks to Class XII students, but only if they cleared all the subjects under the two-year higher secondary course.
If a student failed in one or more subjects, a mark statement, mentioning the scores secured by them in the other subjects, would be issued, said a government order issued by Pradeep Yadav, school education secretary, in connection with the announcement.
While many experts, teacher associations and parents have condemned this decision effected in the middle of an academic year, others said this might remove the burden off students’ shoulders. P Fredrick Reymend, a government school teacher, said there was no logic now that private schools were going to be serious about Class XI, which formed the base for higher education.
Educationist Prince Gajendra Babu said, “By revising the syllabus and conducting the board exams the very same year, they have put last year’s students under unnecessary pressure. Parents, teachers and experts were not consulted before taking this decision or earlier ones, including merger of language papers and changing the nomenclature of districtlevel elementary offices.” But school education expert S S Rajagopalan said, “Holding public exams at the end of Class XI is against students. Admissions for Class XI go on up to September, leaving little time for students to complete the syllabus.”
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