Maharashtra board supplementary exam 2020: No Covid-19 guidelines yet
Image used for representational purpose onlyNAGPUR: Confrontation between state education board and exam centres seems inevitable with no clarity on who will bear the sanitization costs for the upcoming supplementary SSC and HSC exams.
No Covid-19 safety guidelines or cost related directives have been issued by the board yet, though the exams are about to commence in two weeks.
Ravikant Deshpande, Nagpur divisional board secretary, said there is still some time left. “Exams are starting from November 20, so we will announce everything well in advance. A meeting with exam centre heads will be held during which a detailed brief shall be provided,” said Deshpande.
Academics, however, want the issue of funds to be resolved at the earliest. Ashok Gavhankar, general secretary of Vidarbha Junior College Teachers Association (VJUCTA), said, “We had raised this issue last month through the media and board officials responded by saying internal meetings are pending. Now with just two weeks to go, they have still not decided anything. If chosen as an exam centre, we will first demand funds to cover the sanitization cost.”
Deshpande said the issue related to costs will also be sorted out. “We will be providing all the details to the centres concerned well in advance. Every issue will be sorted out smoothly,” he said.
Gavhankar feels the only way the board can wriggle out of this situation is to seek favour from schools and junior colleges with strong financial background.
“Supplementary exams have very few students appearing. The number will be hardly around 10% of those appearing in summer exam. Since the logistical requirements are less, board officials will reach out only to those who won’t have problem in funding the Covid-19 sanitization costs,” said Gavhankar.
He said that junior colleges attached to a degree college are better off financially, so costs can be managed. “Some schools also have a junior college attached and their informal tie-up with coaching institutes provides them with a healthy corpus. So schools can tap into these reserves, which means board will not have to shell out anything,” said Gavhankar.
No Covid-19 safety guidelines or cost related directives have been issued by the board yet, though the exams are about to commence in two weeks.
Ravikant Deshpande, Nagpur divisional board secretary, said there is still some time left. “Exams are starting from November 20, so we will announce everything well in advance. A meeting with exam centre heads will be held during which a detailed brief shall be provided,” said Deshpande.
Academics, however, want the issue of funds to be resolved at the earliest. Ashok Gavhankar, general secretary of Vidarbha Junior College Teachers Association (VJUCTA), said, “We had raised this issue last month through the media and board officials responded by saying internal meetings are pending. Now with just two weeks to go, they have still not decided anything. If chosen as an exam centre, we will first demand funds to cover the sanitization cost.”
Deshpande said the issue related to costs will also be sorted out. “We will be providing all the details to the centres concerned well in advance. Every issue will be sorted out smoothly,” he said.
Gavhankar feels the only way the board can wriggle out of this situation is to seek favour from schools and junior colleges with strong financial background.
“Supplementary exams have very few students appearing. The number will be hardly around 10% of those appearing in summer exam. Since the logistical requirements are less, board officials will reach out only to those who won’t have problem in funding the Covid-19 sanitization costs,” said Gavhankar.
He said that junior colleges attached to a degree college are better off financially, so costs can be managed. “Some schools also have a junior college attached and their informal tie-up with coaching institutes provides them with a healthy corpus. So schools can tap into these reserves, which means board will not have to shell out anything,” said Gavhankar.
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