Jul 14 2017
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The Times of India
(NaviMumbai)
Now, no oral exam for state board's Class IX students, Class X next year
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Vinamrata Borwankar | Mumbai:
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Starting this academic year,
Class IX students from Maharashtra state board-affiliated schools will
have to write 100-mark theory papers for languages and social sciences.
The board has done away with orals and internal exams for the subjects.
The change will apply to Class X students next year.
The Maharashtra
State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board revamped
the Class IX syllabus this year and the change in paper patterns is part
of the same initiative. Until now, students would appear for internal
examinations,
which could fetch 20 marks in every subject.These internal exams would
be conducted at the school level.
A circular issued by the board on Wednesday stated that the paper pattern for science and mathematics will remain the same. Oral examination has been done away with in languages. In social sciences, too, students will now appear for a 100-mark written exam where history and geography will constitute 40 marks each and political science will be worth 20 marks. Graded subjects will have no written exams.
In the past, education officials have found that students were marked very leniently in the internal examinations even if they did not perform well. The decision was taken following meetings last month by experts from the state board and the education department's textbook bureaus.
Teachers have welcomed the move.
“Oral exams did give students a good chance to score and tested skills beyond writing but a lot of schools were not marking students ethically and that meant an unfair advantage,“ said Uday Nare, a Marathi teacher at Hansraj Morarji Public School, Andheri.
Some others are waiting for more details on the marking pattern. “The textbooks are just coming in and we need to see if the changed syllabus or marking criteria will test students beyond the just their ability to mug up and write,“ said a history teacher.
A circular issued by the board on Wednesday stated that the paper pattern for science and mathematics will remain the same. Oral examination has been done away with in languages. In social sciences, too, students will now appear for a 100-mark written exam where history and geography will constitute 40 marks each and political science will be worth 20 marks. Graded subjects will have no written exams.
In the past, education officials have found that students were marked very leniently in the internal examinations even if they did not perform well. The decision was taken following meetings last month by experts from the state board and the education department's textbook bureaus.
Teachers have welcomed the move.
“Oral exams did give students a good chance to score and tested skills beyond writing but a lot of schools were not marking students ethically and that meant an unfair advantage,“ said Uday Nare, a Marathi teacher at Hansraj Morarji Public School, Andheri.
Some others are waiting for more details on the marking pattern. “The textbooks are just coming in and we need to see if the changed syllabus or marking criteria will test students beyond the just their ability to mug up and write,“ said a history teacher.
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