Only 23 of 8L students enroll for Class XII supplementary exam

Only 23 of 8L students enroll for Class XII supplementary exam

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Chennai:01.08.2021

Of the 8.16 lakh state board students who received their Class XII marks under the weightage system followed by the Tamil Nadu school education department, only 23 — all regular school students — have expressed their intention to appear for the supplementary exams saying they were not happy with their marks, school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi told reporters on Saturday.

“The school education department had announced that the students who are aggrieved with their marks under the weightage system need to write the written exam in all subjects and their marks in exams will be the final score. Due to this only a few students applied,” he said.

The supplementary exam for private candidates will be conducted from August 6 to19. “Including the late applicants, 45,654 students, mainly private candidates, will sit for the exams,” the minister added.

After declaring the Class XII results, the directorate of government examinations gave the opportunity for aggrieved students to apply for supplementary exams from July 23 to 27. The state government had given a weightage of 50% for Class X marks and 20% for Class XI and 30% for Class XII internal assessment and practical marks.

Asked about the reopening of schools, the minister said, “We will decide after getting the opinion of health experts.” The school education department had directed all teachers working in government schools to report for duty on August 2.

Meanwhile, many CBSE schools received complaints from parents that the marks awarded to their wards were not satisfactory. Around 100 parents who had enrolled their children at NEET coaching integrated programme at Velammal Group of Schools in Mogappair protested on Saturday complaining that their wards who scored high in Class X had received very low marks in Class XII.

“The school management assured the parents that they would discuss the issue with their teachers and would appeal to the board if needed to increase the score. The parents were asked to come on Monday,” Krishnaveni, a parent from the school said.

PROTEST OVER MARKS: Parents of students of a CBSE school in the city protested on the institute premises on Saturday, saying low marks were awarded to top scorers