Irritants still on CBSE college entry
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students who did not take the board exam this year will be able to apply offline to junior colleges but the government is yet to decide whether the admission will be final or provisional.
State government officials discussed the issue on Monday but have not come to a decision. They said that the admission of CBSE students to junior colleges will depend on whether the CBSE interprets a school final exam as equivalent to a board exam. This was the first year that CBSE gave Class X students the option of appearing for either a school final exam or a board exam.
“Through their own circulars, the CBSE has demonstrated that it does not consider school exams equivalent to the board exams. They had clearly mentioned that only those students wishing to continue in CBSE schools should opt for school exams. So we will meet with Vineet Joshi (chairperson, CBSE board) and discuss the matter,” said V Radha, in charge, secretary of school education.
However, principals and students of CBSE schools in the city said that the government should either give them final admissions or no admissions at all. “Provisional admissions are temporary and can be revoked any time if the issue is not resolved. What will the students do then? It would be better if the government gives final admissions after deciding the issue,” said Indu Mathur, principal of Apeejay School in Navi Mumbai.
V Radha added that it was difficult to consider the school-based exams on par with state board and other board exams, as the school based exams will be biased towards their students. “In the school-based exams, the teachers know the students whose papers they are checking and so some bias is bound to creep in. It would be unfair to consider the results of such exams on par the board exams which are unbiased since they are conducted by external authorities,” she said.
But according to Mathur the school based exams were conducted as per strict norms laid down by the CBSE board. The schools were regularly inspected — the board had conducted surprise checks to prevent any malpractices during exams. “Schools had also come up with mechanisms like bar codes to maintain the secrecy of students. There was no dilution in the exams. It was conducted under the purview of the biggest board in the country and was introduced to reduce stress,” she added.
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State government officials discussed the issue on Monday but have not come to a decision. They said that the admission of CBSE students to junior colleges will depend on whether the CBSE interprets a school final exam as equivalent to a board exam. This was the first year that CBSE gave Class X students the option of appearing for either a school final exam or a board exam.
“Through their own circulars, the CBSE has demonstrated that it does not consider school exams equivalent to the board exams. They had clearly mentioned that only those students wishing to continue in CBSE schools should opt for school exams. So we will meet with Vineet Joshi (chairperson, CBSE board) and discuss the matter,” said V Radha, in charge, secretary of school education.
However, principals and students of CBSE schools in the city said that the government should either give them final admissions or no admissions at all. “Provisional admissions are temporary and can be revoked any time if the issue is not resolved. What will the students do then? It would be better if the government gives final admissions after deciding the issue,” said Indu Mathur, principal of Apeejay School in Navi Mumbai.
V Radha added that it was difficult to consider the school-based exams on par with state board and other board exams, as the school based exams will be biased towards their students. “In the school-based exams, the teachers know the students whose papers they are checking and so some bias is bound to creep in. It would be unfair to consider the results of such exams on par the board exams which are unbiased since they are conducted by external authorities,” she said.
But according to Mathur the school based exams were conducted as per strict norms laid down by the CBSE board. The schools were regularly inspected — the board had conducted surprise checks to prevent any malpractices during exams. “Schools had also come up with mechanisms like bar codes to maintain the secrecy of students. There was no dilution in the exams. It was conducted under the purview of the biggest board in the country and was introduced to reduce stress,” she added.
DNA
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