Upload attendance of students, says directorate of govt exams

Coimbatore: The directorate of government examinations (DGE) has asked district education officials to calculate the attendance percentage of students and upload it on its website.
Earlier this month, while cancelling the Class X board exams, the state government had announced that all Class X students would be promoted, and 20% of their marks would be awarded based on attendance and the rest based on scores in quarterly and half-yearly exams.
Following this, the school education department asked all principals and HMs to submit the attendance registers of Class X students at the respective district education offices on June 12.
Now, the directorate has asked district education officials to calculate the number of days students have attended classes based on the entries in attendance registers and upload it on its website.
The district education officials have been asked to form five teams each comprising of mark verification officers, tabulators and scrutinising officers in each education district. These teams have been directed to calculate the total working days till March 16 this year, and the number of days attended by students. After this, they have to fill in the details in the top sheets downloaded from the DGE website.
From June 30, these details should be uploaded in DGE’s website, said a communication from the directorate. Based on this, the students would be awarded 20% of the marks.
Teachers said most schools have already calculated the number of days their students had attended classes. “This has just to be entered in the top sheets and subsequently in DGE website,” said a government school teacher from the district.