Uttar Pradesh board: Around 28,000 apply to reappear in class 10 & 12 exams

PRAYAGRAJ: Following the UP board's decision to give a second chance to the students of class 10th and 12th (academies session 2020-21) to reappear along with the main exam that the board would be conducting next year, around 28,000 students have applied to appear in the exam.
These are students who were not satisfied with the board's evaluation process and the marks awarded to them for promotion to the next class because of the pandemic. Such students would be appearing in the exams along with the main exams of class 10th and 12th board conducted by the board in 2022.
The board had given one more chance to the dissatisfied students and fixed the last date for online registration of classes 9 and 11 and online filling of 10 and 12 examination forms till November 20. Earlier, till November 8, a total of 51,27,743 students had applied for class 10th-12th exams and 58,40,608 had registered for classes 9 and 11. After the extended last date (November 20), about 58.53 lakh students have filled the form for classes 9 and 11 and 51.55 lakh for classes 10 and 12. It is clear that about 13,000 applications have increased in classes 9 and 11 and about 28,000 for appearing in the second chance exam for improving their marks.
This also means that 3,132 students of high school and 7,690 students of inter have again filled the form for the 2022 examination, who failed in the marks correction examination held from September 18 to October 6. Even then, 17,000 such students have applied for class 10th-12th, who were dissatisfied with the result declared on July 31 but could not apply for the marks improvement examination.
Earlier, last week, taking a big decision in the interest of students, the state government has given one more chance to the students, who were promoted in high school and intermediate without examination in 2021 during the Covid pandemic, to appear in the board examination of 2022 free of cost, if they were unhappy with their results.
The certificate-cum-mark sheet of 2021 will be provided only to those registered students from 2021 who opt to appear in the 2022 edition of the high school and intermediate exams. Many students of high school and intermediate have already availed their chance at the marks improvement examination held from September 18 to October 6, 2021.
All the promoted students, except those who have passed the marks improvement examination-2021, will be allowed to appear in class 10 and class 12 examinations of 2022 free of cost.
In the board exam results of 2021, as many as 1,44,744 students, including 82,238 students of high school and 62,506 students of intermediate do not have marks on their mark sheets but were promoted.
These students had been running to their schools as well approaching district inspectors of schools (DIOSs), regional offices of the UP Board and also UP Board headquarters demanding a solution. The decision by the state and the board was a major relief for the students.
It is worth noting that earlier, the last date for advance registration of classes 9 and 11, as well as for filling up the forms for classes 10 and 12 examinations-2022 was November 8, following two extensions already provided.