Class XI, XII evaluation camps on April 7 deferred, teachers worried

TNN | Apr 3, 2020, 04.26 AM IST

Madurai: The evaluation camp for classes XI and XII, originally scheduled for April 7, has been postponed indefinitely in view of the lockdown, the directorate of government examinations announced on Thursday. This has presented worries for higher secondary school teachers about how the process will be carried out.

“For a paper valuation camp, since hundreds of teachers would need to gather at a place it is an obvious decision to postpone now. One Class XI exam is also pending. However, we fear we may face huge pressure once we start evaluation,” said a class XII physics teacher. They are also yet to have any clarity of how the evaluation will be carried out in the present situation. Meanwhile, talks about carrying out evaluation of papers from home are abuzz. “If this situation continues, there is no other option. Evaluation could be done at home and teachers can then update mark lists accordingly,” said the principal of a private school.

However, a majority of teachers felt it would not be possible to carry out evaluation in such a manner as it leaves room for malpractices. “For students, class XII marks especially determine their future, so the evaluation process must be clean and transparent. Maybe language papers could be corrected that way but definitely not the main subjects which are important for the students’ higher education,” said another class XII teacher. Schools are also anxious about there being delays in the admission process and start of the next academic year.

Meanwhile, the administration wings of most schools in Madurai, which were functioning with half the staff, have also begun to shut down amid the restrictions for lockdown