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More than 21,000 students in Indore will head to schools on Thursday to collect question papers for pre-board examination of class 10th and class 12th

More than 21,000 students in Indore will head to schools on Thursday to collect question papers for pre-board examination of class 10th and class 12th. Due to coronavirus third wave breakout in Indore and across the country, the examination will be conducted in open book format.
The pre-board exams of class 10th and 12th students studying in government schools of Indore will start from Thursday. The exam will be in ‘take home’ mode.
The format is like an open book exam. In this exam, 21,000 students of Indore will attempt the papers.
Format of ‘Take home’ mode
Answer sheets and question papers will be given to students. Students will be able to go home and re-submit the copies to school by writing the answers. Students will be asked to come to school at a specific time to collect answer sheets and question papers.
Preparations in Indore
All the preparations for the pre-board exam have been done in Indore. Along with this, instructions have also been issued to the operators of government schools. Along with thermal screening, arrangements have also been made for sanitizers for the students coming to the school.
The pre-board exam will start from tomorrow
Additional District Project Coordinator of Indore District Education Officer's office Narendra Jain said that from January 20, the pre-board exam of 10th and 12th students is going to start. This exam will run till 31st January. The government closed schools till 31 January due to covid. Due to which the pre-board exam is being taken in take home mode.
How will the education dept manage the crowd?
Jain said that for the pre-board exam, the students will be called to the schools and given copies and papers. “This process will start from around 10.30 am on Thursday morning. In which students will be called to school at different times so that there is no crowd,” Jain said.
Students will be given first two or three papers and copies. After this, after calling them again, these copies will be returned and other papers and copies will be given.
Open book or Take Home exam analysis
In the open book or take home exam, students will be able to refer to books, notes and other study materials. They can pick out answers from the text in their book.
Students will sit in their homes and answer the question paper collected from the school. The positive of such an exam is that it may better reflect many natural situations, where professionals may have access to reference sources.
However, it is tough to monitor and judge a student's knowledge without a set pattern of innovative questions, whose answers cannot be picked up from text and notes.


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