Future of 317 students hangs in balance

DHARAMSALA: Future of 317 students from various parts of the state, including Kangra, hangs in balance due to grading system introduced by the Central Board of School Education (CBSE). These students, who had passed the matriculation examination as per CBSE rules, had been found ineligible to sit in the examination for class XI examination to be conducted by the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBSE).
These students had passed the examination from the schools under the CBSE system by clearing five subjects out of total six but had been given grade E either in English or Mathematics. Amit Kumar, a student of Central School, Yol, who passed his class X exam appearing in subjects of science, maths, Hindi, Sanskrit, social science and English, got grade E in the subject of English but according to the rules of CBSE he was declared pass and eligible to get admission to the next class.
As per rules of the CBSE, the student passing in five subjects out of six was declared pass and eligible to take admission to the next up the form for appearing in class X. But as the last date for filling the examination forms had expired on December 15, 2010, Amit would now be not able to appear either in class X and class XI annual examination to be held in March.
The parents of the Amit and other students said that since they were not made aware about the rules by both the school authorities and the education board. They asserted that they would move the court to seek relief. Government Senior Secondary School Tang, Narvana, principal Surinder Kapoor said that this problem had come to the fore as the grading system had been introduced in the CBSE affiliated schools of the state for the first time. The secretary of state education board, Prabhat Sharma, said that students had to face this situation due to ignorance of rules by the principal of concerned schools.
He said that it was very clear in the rules and regulations of the state education board that only those students could appear in the next class who had passed in all the compulsory subjects, including English and Mathematics in the previous class. class. Due to this, the principal of the Central school issued him the certificate for admission to the next class. On the basis of this, Amit took admission to class XI at Government Senior Secondary School, Tang Narvana, near Dharamsala.
In August 2010, the school submitted the examination form of Amit for appearing in class XI to the state education board along with the stipulated fees. However, the state education board rejected the examination form stating that Amit was not eligible to appear in the annual examination of class XI.