The result season is here. First the State Boards declared their results and then the two national Boards, CBSE and ICSE announced the 10th and 12th class results. Literally lakhs of students were anxious as the result day dawned. This country puts a huge premium on doing well, very well in the Boards. A failure in this exam is akin to failure in life.
This year more than ever before the issue of grace marks hogged the limelight. It is a known fact that as a rule all Boards indulge in awarding grace marks in order to push up the pass percentages. The court intervened on behalf of the students and told the CBSE to not discontinue the awarding of grace for this year. The pass percentage for CBSE 10th exam , in fact, fell by 5 % despite the gracing of marks.
Is the moderation policy a necessity due to the diversity of students and variety of Boards in this country. Some of the southern regions like Chennai and Trivandrum, the pass percentage is close to 100%. Guwahati on the other hand registered the lowest pass percentage of 65%. This time the grace was up to 11 marks in a subject. Is that high? CBSE wanted to do away with the policy and introduce uniform grading without having marks moderation in place.
The other news was the fact that from next year the 10th Board exams will be mandatory. The 2009-10 decision to make it optional was aimed at no-fail policy of the HRD Ministry. Things have come a full circle. A progressive step at unburdening the students and doing away with rote learning have come to pass. The irony is that the society still puts a huge premium on Board exam as a way of deciding the fate of their children.
This year more than ever before the issue of grace marks hogged the limelight. It is a known fact that as a rule all Boards indulge in awarding grace marks in order to push up the pass percentages. The court intervened on behalf of the students and told the CBSE to not discontinue the awarding of grace for this year. The pass percentage for CBSE 10th exam , in fact, fell by 5 % despite the gracing of marks.
Is the moderation policy a necessity due to the diversity of students and variety of Boards in this country. Some of the southern regions like Chennai and Trivandrum, the pass percentage is close to 100%. Guwahati on the other hand registered the lowest pass percentage of 65%. This time the grace was up to 11 marks in a subject. Is that high? CBSE wanted to do away with the policy and introduce uniform grading without having marks moderation in place.
The other news was the fact that from next year the 10th Board exams will be mandatory. The 2009-10 decision to make it optional was aimed at no-fail policy of the HRD Ministry. Things have come a full circle. A progressive step at unburdening the students and doing away with rote learning have come to pass. The irony is that the society still puts a huge premium on Board exam as a way of deciding the fate of their children.
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