From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network
Bengaluru, Jun 4: Education minister Suresh Kumar said that the SSLC examination for the academic year 2021 will be held in the state in the third week of July, which will be restricted to two days and that the dates will be announced later. He mentioned that this year, the SSLC Examination will be held and the question paper will contain only multiple-choice questions.
Answer papers will have optical mark readers, he said pointing out that tests for each subject will be for a maximum of 40 marks.
OMR-based examination
Suresh Kumar said there will be only one question paper containing all the three core subjects, and a total of 120 marks will be given.
“This will have Maths, Science and Social Science divided into three parts. The examination would be held for a three-hour duration between 10.30 am and 1.30 on a designated day.
A three-day gap between each examination would be provided.
Similarly, he said for the language examinations 3 subjects of I, II and III languages will be parts of a question paper that totals to 120 marks. Each subject will be for 40 marks.
The Examination pattern will be similar to all kinds of students, he said.
“We are doubling the examination centres this time. The number of examination centres of 3000 last year will be doubled to 6000 this year and only 100 students will be in each centre. Just 12 students per room would be accommodated and only one student per desk. At least a six feet distance will be maintained between each student,’’ he said.
He further said, “We will allow centre changes for the hostel/migrant students in the most liberal manner. We will adhere to Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and constant guidance from the health department in conducting these exams.’’
“We will make it mandatory for all teachers involved in examination work to compulsorily get vaccinated for Covid pandemic,’’ he said.
“Everyone will be provided N 95 masks,’’ the minister said.
No Supplementary Exams this year
Suresh Kumar made it clear that there will not be supplementary exams this year.
“We will announce the dates of examination 20 days before the exams,’’ he assured.
He also said grades will be awarded as A, B and C based on the marks.
“We will publish the model question paper on our website shortly,’’ he said allaying any doubts about the modalities.