After implementing a re-examination scheme for Class X students who failed to clear the board exams, a similar step would be taken for Class IX students and re-tests would be held for them in June, starting this year. A Government Resolution issued last week stated Class IX students can now take re-examination in the subjects in which they have failed in schools that have been notified about the latest decision announced on April 7.
While the scheme proved beneficial for Class X students, as they would not lose out on an academic year and take late admissions to Class XI, the same outcome cannot be expected from re-tests for Class IX, as most schools start the Class X syllabus as early as March or April.
In addition, June is also the time when schools re-open for the new academic year and it would be extra work for the high school teachers to make arrangements for re-examination while most students would be already studying in Class X.
As of now, students under the state board are not marked as failed until Class VIII.