Appearing for sophistication 10, 12 Board exams twice a 12 months will not be obligatory: Education Minister
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NEW DELHI: Appearing for sophistication 10 and 12 board exams twice a 12 months won’t be obligatory for college kids and the choice is being launched to cut back stress brought on by the worry of single alternative, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has stated.
In an interview to PTI, Pradhan stated the difficulty of ‘dummy faculties’ can’t be ignored and the time has come to have a critical dialogue about it.
“The students will have the option of appearing for the (class 10 and 12 board) exams twice a year just like engineering entrance exam JEE. They can choose the best score but it will be completely optional, no compulsion. The students often get stressed thinking they lost a year, their chance is gone or could have performed better. The option is being introduced to reduce the stress caused by the fear of single opportunity,” Pradhan stated.
“If any student feels that he is completely prepared and is satisfied with the score in the first set of exams, he can choose not to appear for the next exams. Nothing will be mandatory,” he added.
According to the New Curriculum Framework (NCF) introduced by the Ministry of Education in August, board examinations can be held twice a 12 months to make sure that college students have sufficient time and alternative to carry out properly and get an choice to retain the most effective rating.
Pradhan stated he has obtained constructive suggestions from college students on the plan to conduct board exams twice a 12 months.
“I met students after the New Curriculum Framework (NCF) was announced. They have appreciated this and are happy with the idea. We are trying that the exams are conducted twice a year from 2024 itself,” he stated.
Asked concerning the file scholar suicides in Rajasthan’s Kota this 12 months, the minister stated, “It is a very sensitive issue. No lives should be lost…they are our children. It is our collective responsibility to ensure the students are stress-free.”
Over two lakh college students transfer to Kota yearly to arrange for aggressive exams such because the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for engineering and the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical faculties.
According to official figures, 23 college students dedicated suicide in Kota this 12 months — the very best ever for the nation’s teaching hub.
Last 12 months, the determine was 15.
Pradhan stated the time has come to have a critical dialogue on the difficulty of ‘dummy faculties’.
“The issue cannot be ignored. Although the number of such students is not very high as compared to the total number of students. The time has come to have serious discussions and deliberations on the subject,” he stated.
The minister stated the Centre is working in direction of making certain that college students don’t require teaching.
Several NEET and JEE aspirants enrol themselves in faculties of their residence states and transfer to Kota to attend teaching courses.
They don’t attend fulltime faculties and immediately seem for the board exams.
The difficulty of ‘dummy faculties’ has been flagged by a number of specialists who consider not attending college hinders college students’ private progress and so they usually really feel remoted and burdened.
Asked why the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) hasn’t met within the final three years, Pradhan stated, “CABE is being reconstituted”.
“The older model of CABE was very broad…calls for of at the moment’s training system are totally different. At a time after we are making a paradigm shift with the brand new National Education Policy, CABE additionally must be remodelled.
“At the end of the day, CABE will review what is being introduced now, be it new curriculum, new credit framework, accreditation or any other reform,” he stated.
The minister additional stated two IITs — Delhi and Madras — are in progressive levels of establishing their offshore campuses and talks are on with a number of different international locations who’ve expressed curiosity.
“The Ministry of External Affairs is coordinating it and various kinds of options and combinations are being deliberated upon. (External Affairs) Minister (S) Jaishankar himself is looking into it. I am also with him,” Pradhan stated.
He stated the rules for international universities to arrange their campuses in India are additionally beneath deliberation and can be notified quickly.
“We are going to make a paradigm shift. So, we will go ahead after exploring all possibilities and clearing all doubts. The guidelines are under deliberation and I am confident that the UGC will notify them soon,” he stated.
Asked concerning the resolution of states like Karnataka and West Bengal to not implement the National Education Policy (NEP), Pradhan stated, “Their objections are not academic but political.”
“I have still not been able to understand what their actual objection is about. West Bengal has taken out an alternative document. We have seen that and it is 99 per cent similar to the NEP,” he stated.
He stated each training and ability growth ministries are working collectively to nurture a era of learners who’re geared up with the suitable abilities to thrive in a Twenty first-century office.
“To achieve this, we are creating synergy between education and skills to provide students with both academic and practical skills. Today, there are close to 1,000 skill hubs with one lakh candidates enrolled in them. Going forward, we plan to set up 5,000 such centres,” stated Pradhan, who can also be the Skill Development minister.
“The Academic Bank of Credit enables students mobility across Higher Education Institutions and helps in seamless integration of skills and experiences into a credit-based system,” he stated.
NEW DELHI: Appearing for sophistication 10 and 12 board exams twice a 12 months won’t be obligatory for college kids and the choice is being launched to cut back stress brought on by the worry of single alternative, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has stated.
In an interview to PTI, Pradhan stated the difficulty of ‘dummy faculties’ can’t be ignored and the time has come to have a critical dialogue about it.
“The students will have the option of appearing for the (class 10 and 12 board) exams twice a year just like engineering entrance exam JEE. They can choose the best score but it will be completely optional, no compulsion. The students often get stressed thinking they lost a year, their chance is gone or could have performed better. The option is being introduced to reduce the stress caused by the fear of single opportunity,” Pradhan stated.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“If any student feels that he is completely prepared and is satisfied with the score in the first set of exams, he can choose not to appear for the next exams. Nothing will be mandatory,” he added.
According to the New Curriculum Framework (NCF) introduced by the Ministry of Education in August, board examinations can be held twice a 12 months to make sure that college students have sufficient time and alternative to carry out properly and get an choice to retain the most effective rating.
Pradhan stated he has obtained constructive suggestions from college students on the plan to conduct board exams twice a 12 months.
“I met students after the New Curriculum Framework (NCF) was announced. They have appreciated this and are happy with the idea. We are trying that the exams are conducted twice a year from 2024 itself,” he stated.
Asked concerning the file scholar suicides in Rajasthan’s Kota this 12 months, the minister stated, “It is a very sensitive issue. No lives should be lost…they are our children. It is our collective responsibility to ensure the students are stress-free.”
Over two lakh college students transfer to Kota yearly to arrange for aggressive exams such because the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for engineering and the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical faculties.
According to official figures, 23 college students dedicated suicide in Kota this 12 months — the very best ever for the nation’s teaching hub.
Last 12 months, the determine was 15.
Pradhan stated the time has come to have a critical dialogue on the difficulty of ‘dummy faculties’.
“The issue cannot be ignored. Although the number of such students is not very high as compared to the total number of students. The time has come to have serious discussions and deliberations on the subject,” he stated.
The minister stated the Centre is working in direction of making certain that college students don’t require teaching.
Several NEET and JEE aspirants enrol themselves in faculties of their residence states and transfer to Kota to attend teaching courses.
They don’t attend fulltime faculties and immediately seem for the board exams.
The difficulty of ‘dummy faculties’ has been flagged by a number of specialists who consider not attending college hinders college students’ private progress and so they usually really feel remoted and burdened.
Asked why the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) hasn’t met within the final three years, Pradhan stated, “CABE is being reconstituted”.
“The older model of CABE was very broad…calls for of at the moment’s training system are totally different. At a time after we are making a paradigm shift with the brand new National Education Policy, CABE additionally must be remodelled.
“At the end of the day, CABE will review what is being introduced now, be it new curriculum, new credit framework, accreditation or any other reform,” he stated.
The minister additional stated two IITs — Delhi and Madras — are in progressive levels of establishing their offshore campuses and talks are on with a number of different international locations who’ve expressed curiosity.
“The Ministry of External Affairs is coordinating it and various kinds of options and combinations are being deliberated upon. (External Affairs) Minister (S) Jaishankar himself is looking into it. I am also with him,” Pradhan stated.
He stated the rules for international universities to arrange their campuses in India are additionally beneath deliberation and can be notified quickly.
“We are going to make a paradigm shift. So, we will go ahead after exploring all possibilities and clearing all doubts. The guidelines are under deliberation and I am confident that the UGC will notify them soon,” he stated.
Asked concerning the resolution of states like Karnataka and West Bengal to not implement the National Education Policy (NEP), Pradhan stated, “Their objections are not academic but political.”
“I have still not been able to understand what their actual objection is about. West Bengal has taken out an alternative document. We have seen that and it is 99 per cent similar to the NEP,” he stated.
He stated each training and ability growth ministries are working collectively to nurture a era of learners who’re geared up with the suitable abilities to thrive in a Twenty first-century office.
“To achieve this, we are creating synergy between education and skills to provide students with both academic and practical skills. Today, there are close to 1,000 skill hubs with one lakh candidates enrolled in them. Going forward, we plan to set up 5,000 such centres,” stated Pradhan, who can also be the Skill Development minister.
“The Academic Bank of Credit enables students mobility across Higher Education Institutions and helps in seamless integration of skills and experiences into a credit-based system,” he stated.
