Odisha authorities mulls selling Class I-VIII college students
2 min read By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR : As the Covid-19 pandemic has ruined a complete educational yr, the State authorities is planning to advertise college students of elementary faculties with out holding examinations for 2020-21 session.A notification on this regard might come quickly owing to uncertainty over bodily mode lessons for college students of Class I to IX within the State.
Even as faculties have reopened from January 8, lessons have been restricted to Class X and XII college students who’re scheduled to look their Board exams this yr. The choice on reopening faculties for college students of Class I to IX has not been finalised but, although it’s anticipated to be introduced quickly after evaluate of the scenario.
Sources in School and Mass Education division mentioned in such a scenario, it is extremely troublesome to finish the syllabus and conduct the examinations on time. A call could also be taken for promotion of all the scholars at elementary stage, from Class I to VIII, to their subsequent class with out holding exams, they conceded.
The authorities has reopened faculties partially just for Class X and XII college students to allow classroom educating for no less than 100 days earlier than their exams. After outbreak of the pandemic in March final yr, the federal government had scrapped exams for college students of Class I to VIII for the 2019-20 educational session and had promoted all of them to the subsequent class.
Promotion of Class IX college students to X, nonetheless, was made on the school-level on the premise of their inside educational performances. It is, nonetheless, nonetheless unsure on whether or not the federal government would observe the same path for the Class IX college students this educational session or will go for the take a look at after completion of the HSC exams.
