New Delhi: Though West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier introduced that there will likely be Madhyamik and Higher Secondary examinations this yr however the state authorities, on Wednesday fashioned an expert committee to decide whether or not the board exams are attainable on this pandemic state of affairs.
The expert committee has been requested to give its report inside 72 hours.
On Wednesday, the day when the examination schedule for Madhyamik and Higher Secondary was supposed to be introduced, the state authorities postponed the announcement and fashioned an expert committee to evaluate your entire state of affairs and submit a report inside 72 hours on the likelihood and mechanism of conducting the exams on this corona state of affairs.
Sources within the board mentioned the committee will give its opinion on a number of issues together with whether or not exams are attainable and whether it is attainable then what would be the mechanism of conducting them with out exposing college students to the an infection. The committee may also look into the facets of evaluating the scholars if there are not any exams in any respect.
Sources within the board indicated that high board officers together with President of West Bengal Board of Secondary Examination (WBBSE) Kalyanmoy Ganguly, President of West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Examination (WBCHSE) Mohua Das and Chairperson of West Bengal Commission for the Protection of Child Rights Ananya Chakraborty will likely be part of the expert committee. Apart from that there will likely be medical doctors who’re working with Covid sufferers, baby psychologists and members of various NGOs who work primarily with the kids and teen-agers.
“The expert committee has been asked to submit their report within 72 hours. The state government will evaluate the whole thing in the light of the report submitted by the expert committee and then the final decision will be taken. However, it will not take long because the board is keen to ease out the tension of the students,” a senior board official mentioned.
The board officers are of the opinion that after the cancellation of the category XII exams of the CBSE and ISC, the formation of an expert committee may be very important as a result of the well being of the scholars is an important factor for the boards in addition to the state authorities.
“We will not compromise on the health of nearly 21 lakh Madhyamik and Higher Secondary students and for that we are ready to take any kind of hard decision,” the member mentioned.
Earlier chief minister Mamata Banerjee had mentioned that the state authorities has determined to conduct the Madhyamik and Higher Secondary examination within the second week of August and final week of July respectively the place solely examinations of the obligatory topics will likely be taken, leaving the faculties to give marks for the extra topics primarily based on the interior evaluation.
The chief minister had additionally mentioned that the time tenure of each the exams will likely be 1.5 hours as an alternative of three hours. “There are 15 compulsory subjects and 37 additional subjects in the three streams. We have decided to take exams only of the compulsory subjects which are likely to take 16 days. The numbers of the additional subjects will be given by the respective schools,” she had mentioned.
There are a complete of 12 lakh college students and they’re going to take their examination of their house centres solely. The examination will likely be of 1.5 hours and the scholars could have to give their exams solely on the 7 obligatory topics. Numbers for the extra topics will likely be given by the varsity authorities on the premise of inner assessments.
