West Bengal to promote all class XI students to be promoted
Representative imageKOLKATA: The West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Examinations (WBHSC) has asked schools to promote students of Class XI to Class XII for this current academic year. Marks of already completed examinations of Class XI are to be sent in the format specified earlier by the Council and delivered as per the norms of the past year within June 22.
The institutional heads have also been requested to conserve the issued blank answerscripts of Class XI by the Council. It will be collected after proper notification.
Earlier, the WBHSC had intimated that the three remaining board exams will be conducted in June. The dates will be published later. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee in April, while discussing the measures which the government was initiating amid the coronavirus crisis, had clarified that the HS Council can only hold the exams in June and not before. The CM also announced that all students of Class XI studying in the state boards will be promoted to Class XII.
“There were around one or two examinations pending for Class XI. We have around 11.1 lakh candidates who were appearing. Question papers are set by the HS Council and assessment is done by the respective schools. Mostly, we have observed that the schools promote 92% to 95% of students to Class XII. Only when they fail in selection tests, they are held back for another year,” said a source. He added, “The decision to promote all students to Class XII will not impact the quality of education.” “The remaining HS examinations are unlikely to be held before June 10, when the school reopens,” pointed out a Council official.
The institutional heads have also been requested to conserve the issued blank answerscripts of Class XI by the Council. It will be collected after proper notification.
Earlier, the WBHSC had intimated that the three remaining board exams will be conducted in June. The dates will be published later. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee in April, while discussing the measures which the government was initiating amid the coronavirus crisis, had clarified that the HS Council can only hold the exams in June and not before. The CM also announced that all students of Class XI studying in the state boards will be promoted to Class XII.
“There were around one or two examinations pending for Class XI. We have around 11.1 lakh candidates who were appearing. Question papers are set by the HS Council and assessment is done by the respective schools. Mostly, we have observed that the schools promote 92% to 95% of students to Class XII. Only when they fail in selection tests, they are held back for another year,” said a source. He added, “The decision to promote all students to Class XII will not impact the quality of education.” “The remaining HS examinations are unlikely to be held before June 10, when the school reopens,” pointed out a Council official.
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