Haryana exam 2021: Online exams for government schools to begin today

GURGAON: The Haryana education department said online examinations for government schools from Classes III-IX and XI will start from Monday.


The exams, which were scheduled to begin on February 1, was postponed due to the ongoing farmer protests and internet suspension in multiple districts across the state.

The Directorate of School Education, in a letter, directed its officials to appraise the school heads of the new schedule via the Avsar app. The department said with it is an appropriate time for the exams to start.

“This is to inform you that the department has released a fresh schedule for the online assessment of students of Classes III-IX and XI via the Avsar app. You need to ensure that all the teachers and students are informed about the same and that the exams are conducted in a seamless manner,” read the order.

The education department has also told its officials to direct school heads and teachers to tell the students that the test will be of the entire syllabus taught till December 2020 and will only comprise objective type of questions.

It has asked the schools to ensure full participation of students and those finding difficulties in accessing the app should be either helped by the teachers or education volunteers, who were trained by the department last month.

“Schools are yet to open for the primary section and we don’t want that to in any way impact our assessment schedules. Thus, we want to have a common assessment test across the state. Students of Class X and XII will have offline exams. The assessment will not only help us in assessing the learning levels of students via online classes but also evaluate their comfort in taking exams on digital platforms,” said an official.

The department will allow the students to choose a time slot at their convenience. The question papers will be available on the link provided by the teachers for 24 hours.

“We understand that many students use mobile phones of their parents or elders at home and thus, they all may have very different time slots. Moreover, many don’t get the required atmosphere at their homes all the time. So, we have given them the liberty to pick any time during 24 hours to take the test.,” the official added.

In December last, TOI had reported that the education department was contemplating the idea of holding a common online assessment test.

In January, school teachers and education volunteers were trained in using the app.“Most of the students are already trained in using the app. The teachers would be closely monitoring the tests to ensure that no child is left out,” said Jacobpura government school principal Sunil Kumar.