CBSE Term-II exams? Learning lacking, covid-19 threat, future in question. Schools propose postpone of Term-II, citing troubles. MPBSE will hold offline exams, postpone dates
CBSE Term-II exams? Learning lacking, covid-19 threat, future in question
Schools propose postpone of Term-II, citing troubles
MPBSE will hold offline exams, postpone dates
School affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in Indore led others nation-wide and sent a proposal to the board requesting to postpone the Term-II examinations for class X and class XII. The proposal cited the need for postponing the examination as it is unrealistic to complete 50 percent of syllabus in three months.
With covid-19 third wave of omicron variant, schools have been shut again and even high school and higher secondary school students are now just attending online classes.
While online classes is an essential way to compensate for offline classes, they do not necessarily compensate in the same way as offline classes. Board examinations are conducted covering a two year course, i.e. class IX and class X in High School. Further, class XI and class XII in Higher Secondary School examinations.
With barely any offline classes in 2020-21 and 2021-22, students have barely grasped the concept of the courses, which forms an essential base for further studies.
Here is the current status and condition of CBSE Term-II exam:
CBSE Term-II exams to be or not to be?
Sanyam Bhardwaj, controller of CBSE exams, said, “If the situation gets worse, only then the second term of examinations will not be held.” He added that in such a condition, marks obtained in the first phase will be considered final and based on them, the results will be prepared.
“But if such a situation does not arise and the second term is held successfully, the final result will be decided on the basis of 50-50 per cent marks of these two terms," Bhardwaj said.
In short, the answer is yes, most likely. CBSE will be conducting Term-II exam, unless covid-19 spread threatens the possibility too much.
Term-I or Term-II for results?
CBSE Term-I was held in November-December 2021 and the second phase is supposed to take place in March-April 2022.
This year the format has changed and the result for Term 1 would only be a scorecard detailing how many marks the student has received.
There is no grading and the formats have to be revised accordingly. This requires technical intervention.
The board will not announce results as pass, fail or essential repeat at the end of term 1. The final result will be available at the end of term 2 exams.
In term 1 exam, students were asked only objective-type questions but the second term exam will have both objective and subjective type questions.
Before the term-1 exam ends, schools were instructed to complete practical exams, internal assessment and project work.
What happens if Term-I becomes final?
Schools, students and teachers are less inclined towards Term-I being the final results. Why?
Merit students scoring over 90 percent are now performing down to 70 and 75 percent in Term 1 examination. No doubt, students, parents and schools find the need for lenient marking necessary now.
More than one and half year of online classes is showing its after-effects and not just for those, who didn’t attend the classes but for everyone including the merit students. Most students felt challenged to even pass-out in CBSE term 1 examination, be it class X or class XII.
The more objective questions are definitely challenging. “Students who scored 90 percent and above are now only able to answer 70 to 75 percent questions correctly, and similarly, other students scoring above 80 percent with offline classes are now further down to 60 percentile,” UK Jha, chairperson of Indore Sahodaya Complex of CBSE schools, said.
Parents split on exams
Parents in Indore are in a split considering offline or online examination. “It’s a twisty situation, because we need students to be safe, but their education in class X and class XII is equally important,” Ramakhant Sharma, a parent representative said.
He added that for younger kids, offline examinations are definitely not worth the risk. “My daughter is in class XII, vaccinated, but still, I worry if she will get sick in the exam. On the other hand, we could see the change in her in the little time school was running offline again recently,” Ruby Francis, a parent, said.
MPBSE will be offline, decisions after Jan 31
Madhya Pradesh Board Secondary Education (MPBSE) class V, VIII, X and XII examinations will be offline in the state, but due to the circumstances of Corona, their dates can be extended. This was confirmed in an announcement released publically by school education minister Inder Singh Parmar.
It has further been informed that the new schedule of examinations may be announced soon. According to the assessment of the government, the possibility of the peak of the third wave of corona will be in the state on February 1.
It is possible that there are more than 20 thousand corona patients reported in a day in the state. Due to this, the decision to open schools in the state will now be taken on January 31.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will hold a weekly review meeting of Corona on Jan 21. Only after this a decision will be taken on opening the school.
The graph of corona in the state is falling rapidly. In such a situation, the government can take a decision in the review meeting on January 31. However, it is possible that the government will postpone the decision to open the school for the time being, because of rising covid-19 omicron cases in kids in the state.
Schools propose postpone of Term-II, citing troubles
MPBSE will hold offline exams, postpone dates
School affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in Indore led others nation-wide and sent a proposal to the board requesting to postpone the Term-II examinations for class X and class XII. The proposal cited the need for postponing the examination as it is unrealistic to complete 50 percent of syllabus in three months.
With covid-19 third wave of omicron variant, schools have been shut again and even high school and higher secondary school students are now just attending online classes.
While online classes is an essential way to compensate for offline classes, they do not necessarily compensate in the same way as offline classes. Board examinations are conducted covering a two year course, i.e. class IX and class X in High School. Further, class XI and class XII in Higher Secondary School examinations.
With barely any offline classes in 2020-21 and 2021-22, students have barely grasped the concept of the courses, which forms an essential base for further studies.
Here is the current status and condition of CBSE Term-II exam:
CBSE Term-II exams to be or not to be?
Sanyam Bhardwaj, controller of CBSE exams, said, “If the situation gets worse, only then the second term of examinations will not be held.” He added that in such a condition, marks obtained in the first phase will be considered final and based on them, the results will be prepared.
“But if such a situation does not arise and the second term is held successfully, the final result will be decided on the basis of 50-50 per cent marks of these two terms," Bhardwaj said.
In short, the answer is yes, most likely. CBSE will be conducting Term-II exam, unless covid-19 spread threatens the possibility too much.
Term-I or Term-II for results?
CBSE Term-I was held in November-December 2021 and the second phase is supposed to take place in March-April 2022.
This year the format has changed and the result for Term 1 would only be a scorecard detailing how many marks the student has received.
There is no grading and the formats have to be revised accordingly. This requires technical intervention.
The board will not announce results as pass, fail or essential repeat at the end of term 1. The final result will be available at the end of term 2 exams.
In term 1 exam, students were asked only objective-type questions but the second term exam will have both objective and subjective type questions.
Before the term-1 exam ends, schools were instructed to complete practical exams, internal assessment and project work.
What happens if Term-I becomes final?
Schools, students and teachers are less inclined towards Term-I being the final results. Why?
Merit students scoring over 90 percent are now performing down to 70 and 75 percent in Term 1 examination. No doubt, students, parents and schools find the need for lenient marking necessary now.
More than one and half year of online classes is showing its after-effects and not just for those, who didn’t attend the classes but for everyone including the merit students. Most students felt challenged to even pass-out in CBSE term 1 examination, be it class X or class XII.
The more objective questions are definitely challenging. “Students who scored 90 percent and above are now only able to answer 70 to 75 percent questions correctly, and similarly, other students scoring above 80 percent with offline classes are now further down to 60 percentile,” UK Jha, chairperson of Indore Sahodaya Complex of CBSE schools, said.
Parents split on exams
Parents in Indore are in a split considering offline or online examination. “It’s a twisty situation, because we need students to be safe, but their education in class X and class XII is equally important,” Ramakhant Sharma, a parent representative said.
He added that for younger kids, offline examinations are definitely not worth the risk. “My daughter is in class XII, vaccinated, but still, I worry if she will get sick in the exam. On the other hand, we could see the change in her in the little time school was running offline again recently,” Ruby Francis, a parent, said.
MPBSE will be offline, decisions after Jan 31
Madhya Pradesh Board Secondary Education (MPBSE) class V, VIII, X and XII examinations will be offline in the state, but due to the circumstances of Corona, their dates can be extended. This was confirmed in an announcement released publically by school education minister Inder Singh Parmar.
It has further been informed that the new schedule of examinations may be announced soon. According to the assessment of the government, the possibility of the peak of the third wave of corona will be in the state on February 1.
It is possible that there are more than 20 thousand corona patients reported in a day in the state. Due to this, the decision to open schools in the state will now be taken on January 31.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will hold a weekly review meeting of Corona on Jan 21. Only after this a decision will be taken on opening the school.
The graph of corona in the state is falling rapidly. In such a situation, the government can take a decision in the review meeting on January 31. However, it is possible that the government will postpone the decision to open the school for the time being, because of rising covid-19 omicron cases in kids in the state.
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