Directorate of examinations draws veil of secrecy over result details
A Ragu Raman TNN
30.04.2019
Along with abolition of ranks, the Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE), which conducts the state board exams, has drawn a veil of secrecy over the details of the results. This makes it difficult for parents and teachers to analyze the performance of students and guide them for higher studies.
“It would be easy for the students to select the groups in Class XI, if they know the performance of other students in the boards. Without knowing the competition, it would be difficult for them,” said Jayaprakash A. Gandhi, a career consultant. “It’s fine if they don’t want to give the details of toppers. But, they should at least say how many students score above 450 and 400 so that everyone can have an idea where they stand,” he added.
In the past two years, the board gave the slab-wise performance of students — the number of students who scored above 481 out of 500 marks, between 451 and 480, 426 and450, and 401 and 425 marks. It also said how many students scored between 301 and 400, and 201 and 300 marks. For the Class XII exam also they had given a break-up of performance – and also how many scored centum and how many students failed in single or multiple subjects, which helped the teachers analyze what worked and what went wrong.
But, this year after increasing the difficulty of question papers, and with
many students scoring less than 400 marks, the board simply did not share any of these details, which has left many teachers and parents confused.
In the plus 2 results also many students had no idea whether the cut-off would come down or go up without knowing the full details.
“With the details, a student would know whether he would get admission in a good college or not. Now, many students with 180 cut-off marks believe they would get admission in Anna University,” Jayaprakash Gandhi said.
Some teachers claimed that the DGE has adopted moderation to increase the pass percentage in the maths exam this year. They asked the DGE to release the true results, which would reflect the actual state of school education. D Vasundradevi, director of government examinations, said, “We didn’t do any moderation. But, the question paper design was such that it was easy to clear the exam but tough to score high marks.”
Asked why the board was not sharing details, she said, “Other boards including CBSE are not sharing details other than pass percentage. We felt sharing the centum and performance details would demotivate the students.”
UNLIKE PAST TWO YEARS, THIS YEAR THE BOARD DID NOT SHARE ANY DETAILS LIKE SLAB-WISE PERFORMANCE, LEAVING MANY TEACHERS AND PARENTS CONFUSED
A Ragu Raman TNN
30.04.2019
Along with abolition of ranks, the Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE), which conducts the state board exams, has drawn a veil of secrecy over the details of the results. This makes it difficult for parents and teachers to analyze the performance of students and guide them for higher studies.
“It would be easy for the students to select the groups in Class XI, if they know the performance of other students in the boards. Without knowing the competition, it would be difficult for them,” said Jayaprakash A. Gandhi, a career consultant. “It’s fine if they don’t want to give the details of toppers. But, they should at least say how many students score above 450 and 400 so that everyone can have an idea where they stand,” he added.
In the past two years, the board gave the slab-wise performance of students — the number of students who scored above 481 out of 500 marks, between 451 and 480, 426 and450, and 401 and 425 marks. It also said how many students scored between 301 and 400, and 201 and 300 marks. For the Class XII exam also they had given a break-up of performance – and also how many scored centum and how many students failed in single or multiple subjects, which helped the teachers analyze what worked and what went wrong.
But, this year after increasing the difficulty of question papers, and with
many students scoring less than 400 marks, the board simply did not share any of these details, which has left many teachers and parents confused.
In the plus 2 results also many students had no idea whether the cut-off would come down or go up without knowing the full details.
“With the details, a student would know whether he would get admission in a good college or not. Now, many students with 180 cut-off marks believe they would get admission in Anna University,” Jayaprakash Gandhi said.
Some teachers claimed that the DGE has adopted moderation to increase the pass percentage in the maths exam this year. They asked the DGE to release the true results, which would reflect the actual state of school education. D Vasundradevi, director of government examinations, said, “We didn’t do any moderation. But, the question paper design was such that it was easy to clear the exam but tough to score high marks.”
Asked why the board was not sharing details, she said, “Other boards including CBSE are not sharing details other than pass percentage. We felt sharing the centum and performance details would demotivate the students.”
UNLIKE PAST TWO YEARS, THIS YEAR THE BOARD DID NOT SHARE ANY DETAILS LIKE SLAB-WISE PERFORMANCE, LEAVING MANY TEACHERS AND PARENTS CONFUSED
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