State to restore board exams for Class 5 & 8

  • | Friday | 15th February, 2019

Indore: To enhance education quality, Madhya Pradesh education department plans to restore board exams for Class 5 and 8 from academic session 2019-20.The board exam was withdrawn long back, to execute no detention policy from Class 1 to 8 under Right to Education (RTE) Act. “There was a provision in RTE Act that no student shall be failed from class one to eight. But, it was noticed that several students used to flunk or get boundary marks in class nine, which wasn’t a good sign. If student doesn’t have the basic knowledge, promoting him would not be beneficial for him,” he added. “Most of the teachers insisted that as there’s no pressure of clearing exams, students have stopped studying in a right manner,” said district education officer Dr S Sharma.While the department had approved the proposal to restore Class 5 and 8 board exams in August 2016 and was expecting to start it from academic session 2017-18, the Centre had not given its nod.“It’s after a span of over seven years that we will be conducting board exams for students of Class 5 and 8.

Indore: To enhance education quality, Madhya Pradesh education department plans to restore board exams for Class 5 and 8 from academic session 2019-20.The board exam was withdrawn long back, to execute no detention policy from Class 1 to 8 under Right to Education (RTE) Act. “Most of the teachers insisted that as there’s no pressure of clearing exams, students have stopped studying in a right manner,” said district education officer Dr S Sharma.While the department had approved the proposal to restore Class 5 and 8 board exams in August 2016 and was expecting to start it from academic session 2017-18, the Centre had not given its nod.“It’s after a span of over seven years that we will be conducting board exams for students of Class 5 and 8. While the state was ready to conduct from session 2017-18, however, it didn’t get the approval as an amendment needs to be made in RTE Act to carry forward the process,” said district project coordinator Akshay Rathore.The boards will be conducted to make sure that the quality of education is not hampered in any way as after class five the student is promoted to middle school and grade eight is gateway to higher secondary education. “There was a provision in RTE Act that no student shall be failed from class one to eight. But, it was noticed that several students used to flunk or get boundary marks in class nine, which wasn’t a good sign. If student doesn’t have the basic knowledge, promoting him would not be beneficial for him,” he added.

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