Overburdened teachers seek more hands at SSLC camps

Coimbatore: Government schoolteachers have complained that the workload is enormous at the ongoing SSLC camps to tabulate marks for Class X board exams, and that it would be helpful if the number of personnel is doubled.
The state government had cancelled the Class X board exams and announced that all students would be promoted. It said 20% of the marks would be awarded based on attendance and 80% based on scores in quarterly and half-yearly exams.
Following this, the directorate of government exams had asked all schools to submit answer scripts and rank cards of its students. For this, the district school education had formed a camp each in the four education districts. The camps began on Monday and will run till Saturday.
Teachers at the SSLC camps said they are being made to tabulate marks of 100 students every day, and five sheets for each students, making them tabulate 500 answer sheets in total.
Teachers said they had to cross verify marks entered in rank cards, consolidated marksheet, mark register, top sheets, and answer scripts. “After verifying these, they have to enter it in ‘Part B’ on the top sheet. Doing this for 500 answer sheets every day is taxing. On certain days, they finish it only by 8pm. So we seek that either the workload be halved or number of personnel be doubled,” said a teacher from the district.