From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network
Bengaluru, Jun 4: The uncertainty over the SSLC and PUC examinations in Karnataka has finally been resolved. The State Government has cancelled the II year Pre-University Course (PUC) examinations. The Secondary Schools Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examinations will now be held in the third week of July.
State Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar, who announced the State Government’s decisions in Bengaluru on Friday, has said declared that the II PU examinations for the current year will stand cancelled while the SSLC examinations being held in the third week of July will just be a two-day affair.
“The decisions have been taken in the best interests of the student community and also to put an end to the confusion,’’ the minister said and made it clear that the present surge in the Covid Second Wave pandemic and the safety of the students and teachers were the main deciding factors.
He said, “We have decided to declare the II PUC results of those students who got admitted into II PUC as freshers on the basis of their I PUC marks.’’
The minister said the Education Department will release the guidelines in the coming days. If a student is not satisfied with this result, he/she can appear for the exam which will be conducted after Covid wave is contained.’’
Students who enrolled themselves as private and repeaters can appear for the examinations, which will be conducted in the coming days. Result of the repeaters and private candidates cannot be declared due to the lack of proper records, the minister maintained.
Conducting examination in the usual elaborative manner during these troubled times poses lot of risk for the student community, he said and said the lives of students and teachers are most precious for us and their health assumes paramount importance.
“However, since we don’t have previous assessment models for these students, it is inevitable for us to somehow evaluate their performance and hence a most simple solution has been formulated,’’ he explained.