Schools wrap up NEET coaching as board exams near
Ram.Sundaram@timesgroup.com
Chennai:05.02.2019
As the Class XII board exams near, government schools have wrapped up special coaching classes to train students on National Eligibility Cum Admission Test (NEET), Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and other competitive exams. Focus has now shifted to board exam preparation.
Compensation classes are conducted on weekends, before and after regular working hours as many schools were shut last week due to teachers’ protest. “Since we can’t have a fixed timing across the state, we have instructed schools to decide a convenient time,” said school education director Rameshwara Murugan.
The government also plans to broadcast exam tips on the television channel it is likely to launch for school children next week. In private matriculation schools, practical exams and revision tests are under way. But teachers are having a tough time in preparing questions papers as pattern was changed at the last minute, said R Vishalakshi of TN Private Matriculation Schools Association.
The question paper will have ‘fill ups’, logical reasoning questions and ‘match the following’ in the objective section instead of only multiple choice questions. Despite opposition, government is keen on sticking to the new exam pattern.
Last year, 9,000 students from government-funded schools registered for NEET training classes conducted at 412 centres across Tamil Nadu. This year, there has been a 120% increase in registrations. More than 20,000 attended classes that were conducted in between August and January fourth week.
In order to make training sessions more effective, 320 higher secondary science teachers were trained by experts in top private institutions. These teachers in turn trained 4,130 teachers across the state before the students’ training started.
Also, last year 3,000 odd students were shortlisted for an intense training at nine residential centres. “This year, too, there will be such short training courses after the board exams get over,” said a senior state school education department official.
Talks are on with subject experts to ensure that more number of government school students clear NEET this year. More than 1,300 students from these centres cleared NEET last year compared to a double-digit figure in the previous years.
Ram.Sundaram@timesgroup.com
Chennai:05.02.2019
As the Class XII board exams near, government schools have wrapped up special coaching classes to train students on National Eligibility Cum Admission Test (NEET), Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and other competitive exams. Focus has now shifted to board exam preparation.
Compensation classes are conducted on weekends, before and after regular working hours as many schools were shut last week due to teachers’ protest. “Since we can’t have a fixed timing across the state, we have instructed schools to decide a convenient time,” said school education director Rameshwara Murugan.
The government also plans to broadcast exam tips on the television channel it is likely to launch for school children next week. In private matriculation schools, practical exams and revision tests are under way. But teachers are having a tough time in preparing questions papers as pattern was changed at the last minute, said R Vishalakshi of TN Private Matriculation Schools Association.
The question paper will have ‘fill ups’, logical reasoning questions and ‘match the following’ in the objective section instead of only multiple choice questions. Despite opposition, government is keen on sticking to the new exam pattern.
Last year, 9,000 students from government-funded schools registered for NEET training classes conducted at 412 centres across Tamil Nadu. This year, there has been a 120% increase in registrations. More than 20,000 attended classes that were conducted in between August and January fourth week.
In order to make training sessions more effective, 320 higher secondary science teachers were trained by experts in top private institutions. These teachers in turn trained 4,130 teachers across the state before the students’ training started.
Also, last year 3,000 odd students were shortlisted for an intense training at nine residential centres. “This year, too, there will be such short training courses after the board exams get over,” said a senior state school education department official.
Talks are on with subject experts to ensure that more number of government school students clear NEET this year. More than 1,300 students from these centres cleared NEET last year compared to a double-digit figure in the previous years.
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