Camps set up to collect answer scripts

Coimbatore: The school education department has set up SSLC camps at each of the four educational districts in Coimbatore to collect quarterly and half-yearly answer scripts and rank cards of Class X students.
Schools in the district can submit answer sheets at the camps, set up on school campuses, till Saturday.
Chief education officer P Usha said private and government schools have been allotted dates to submit the documents. “Depending on the strength of students in each of the four educational districts, we have asked 10 to 15 schools to submit answer scripts every day. The district education officers will head the camps. They will register the details and tally it,” she said.
Schools have been asked to submit the answer scripts, along with top sheets and rank cards of students.
Cancelling the Class X board exams, the state government had announced that all Class X students will be promoted and 20% of marks will be awarded based on students’ attendance. The rest will be awarded based on their performances in quarterly and half-yearly exams. For this, schools were asked to submit the attendance registers of Class X.
Last week, the directorate of government exams asked schools to submit the answer scripts and rank cards of quarterly and half-yearly exams. If any document was unavailable, the schools were asked to give the reason in writing.
Another direction which followed this asked the schools not to call students or parents to school for collecting answer scripts. However, following the direction, HMs and teachers were left in a confusion as many of them had given away the answer scripts to students.