TN govt gives ‘all pass’ for students of Classes I to VIII
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:02.06.2021
Tamil Nadu government has decided to grant ‘all pass’ to students of Classes I to VIII for the current academic year. The state had earlier issued orders to promote students of Classes IX to XI, citing the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a circular issued to chief educational officers on Monday, director of elementary education M Palanisamy said headmasters should enter ‘all pass’ in registers based on Right to Education (RTE) Act.
“As per Section16 of the RTE Act, no child shall be held back in any class or expelled from school till the completion of elementary education. Based on the act, all students studying in all types of schools should be declared pass. The chief education officers should give the necessary directions through email and phone to headmasters,” the circular said.
The directive said the date for reopening of schools would be announced after the end of the lockdown. The announcement on distributing books and welfare schemes, too, would be announced later. Chief minister M K Stalin and school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi held a meeting on Tuesday on Class XII exams.
‘Marks based on previous exams last yr’
Meanwhile, principals wanted the school education department to come out with modalities for awarding marks for Class X students. After cancelling the Class X boards, the school education department is yet to come out with modalities for awarding marks. “Last year, marks were awarded based on quarterly and half-yearly exams. But due to the pandemic, half-yearly and quarterly exams could not be conducted for the current batch. But class tests have been conducted. The state government may award marks to Class X students based on the performance of students in half-yearly and quarterly exams of Class IX and annual exam of Class VIII and can give some weightage to class tests,” said G J Manohar, principal, MCC Higher Secondary School, Chetpet.
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