*Karnataka cancels II PU examinations–S SURESHKUMAR*
*SSLC Examinations during third week of July*
*PU grading results will be annouced by the last week of June*
Karnataka has cancelled II PU Examinations for the current year and is making SSLC exams just a two days affair in the best interest of the student community said Primary and Secondary Education Minister S.Sureshkumar.
Briefing the media, he informed, that he has taken a considered decision to cancel the II PUC examination this year.
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 he said.
While informing that the Department will release the guidelines in the coming days, Sureshkumar said 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.
He also said, Students who enrolled themselves as private and repeaters can appear for the exam, 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.
*On conducting SSLC Examination, the Minister briefed the following.*
Conducting examination in the usual elaborative manner during these troubled times poses lot of risk for the student community. Their lives 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 .
*This year, SSLC Examination will be held and the question paper will contain only multiple choice questions.*
*Answer papers will have optical mark readers.*
*Each subject will be for a maximum of 40 marks.*
*OMR based examination*
*Only one question paper containing all the three core subjects totalling 120 marks will be provided.*
*This will have Maths, Science and Social Science divided into three parts. Examination would be held for a three hour time between 10.30 and 1.30 on a designated day.*
*A three day gap between each examination would be provided.*
*Similarly, the language examinations. Three 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.*
*Examination pattern will be similar to all kinds of students.*
*We are doubling the examination centers this time. 3000 centeres last year would be doubled to 6000 this year. And only 100 students to each center.*
*Only 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.*
*We will allow center changes for the hostel/migrant students in the most liberal manner.*
*We will adhere to 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.*
*Everyone will be provided N 95 masks.*
*There won’t be supplementary exams this year.*
*We will announce the dates of examination twenty days before there the exams.*
*Grades will be awarded as A B and C based on the marks*
*We will publish model question paper on our website shortly*.
