Both state board class 12 board examinations and CBSE class 12 board examinations in TN have been cancelled is well known to us.
Soon, CBSE would be releasing class12 marks assessment guidelines by taking into account the annual exam performances in class 10 and class11. It is now brought out that TN would also be coming out with a similar line of evaluation for the class 12 students belonging to the state board.
It must not be forgotten that after cancelling the class12 board exams in TN the school education department had constituted a committee to come out with a formula for assigning marks for the students. It was later mentioned by a senior officer from the school education department that the authorities have planned on allocating marks based on the student’s performance in the quarterly and half yearly exams.
It has been found out that most government as well as government aided schools in TN were unable to conduct any exam including revision tests. Truth is that these schools have been reopened for about two and half months from January 2021.
Point is that the earlier plan to calculate class 12 marks based on the performance in quarterly and half yearly exams was called off. There were many suggestions from the members of the panel plus several academicians giving more weightage to class11 annual examination marks.
This was due to the fact that the students from both Science as well as Commerce groups would have appeared in all subjects of their respective streams. Suggestions were made to consider the marks scored by the students in SSLC plus the marks scored in the class 12 practical exams (Science stream) that were conducted. Information is that for Commerce and Vocational groups internal marks in class12 would be calculated.
The authorities were in the process of finalising the weightage to be given to class11 annual exams, SSLC, practical and internals etc. This was also according to the official. It must be noted that on Monday itself, the expert committee that was constituted by CBSE to calculate marks for the class 12 students had submitted its suggestion to the Union government.
