If everything moves in the right direction, the annual High School Certificate (HSC) or matriculation examinations in the State could make the shift from the present marks-based evaluation system to grading system as early as next year.
“The first step has been taken with abolition of publication of toppers’ list from this year.
Grading system is likely to be introduced from the next examinations,” School and Mass Education Minister Rabi Narayan Nanda said following the declaration of the annual HSC examination results here on Tuesday.
The department has been contemplating reducing stress and pressure of examinations on the students for the past few years.
The BSE has already submitted a proposal on introduction of grading system on the lines of the CBSE.
It would be worked upon as soon as the Government grants its approval.
Buoyed by the smooth conduct of this year’s matriculation examination and early publication of results, the Board is all set to follow up the process by holding the supplementary examinations by May-end, fairly ahead of the usual schedule in September.
The immediate conduct of supplementary examinations will give the students, who have failed in the annual exams, the opportunity to make the second attempt without losing valuable time. They will be able to take admissions in the plus-two and other post-matriculate courses in the ensuing academic year like their peers who have been successful in the HSC exams.
Zero in Mathematics and Sanskrit
Cuttack: Even as the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) basked in the successful culmination of the annual HSC examination process following the announcement of results on Tuesday, discrepancies began to raise its ugly head keeping the authorities on their toes. As soon as the results were uploaded on the websites, the authorities were flooded with complaints of missing marks in different subjects. The most glaring of the mistakes was reflected in award of zero marks in Sanskrit and mathematics to around 149 students, who were consequently shown as failed. Worried over the repercussions, the BSE authorities promptly launched an investigation only to find that the marks could not be added due to mistakes during evaluation. The evaluators had made mistakes in filling up the OMR evaluation sheets as a result of which the computers could not scan the marks and awarded zero.The mistake was found in the results of 149 students from different schools and it was rectified immediately. All the students have secured first division.