NEW DELHI: At a meeting with Union HRD minister
Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Tuesday, deputy chief minister
Manish Sisodia
said that it was not feasible to conduct classes X and XII board exams this year. He suggested promoting the
students
based on their internal marks and the marks secured in examinations that have already been held.
The human resource development ministry had called a meeting with the education ministers of all states.
Sisodia proposed that NCERT and CBSE should reduce the syllabus of the next academic cycle by 30% for all classes. “Entrance exams like JEE, NEET and others should be held next year on the basis of the reduced syllabus,” added Delhi’s education minister.
“Due to the need of social distancing, it won’t be feasible to conduct remaining exams for Class X and Class XII students even in May-June. Having exam thereafter will delay the next academic cycle heavily,” Sisodia explained.
He added: “I appeal to the
minister
that CBSE be asked to take a similar route for promoting students as it has proposed for classes IX and XI. In these uncertain times, I don’t know if we would be able to conduct exams again, so on the basis of same formula like internal assessments, papers already conducted, etc, the students of classes X and XII too should be evaluated. This will help us avoid pushing the academic cycles further and getting their studies hampered.”
Sisodia also sought the ministry’s assistance to get airtime from Doordarshan and AIR FM for broadcasting classes conducted by Delhi government school teachers. “In Delhi government schools, among secondary and senior secondary grades, only about 68% students have access to smartphones. It is important for us to reach the parents and the students through the medium of Doordarshan and AIR,” he added.
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