KOLKATA: Class XI students of the state higher secondary board are going to rejoice. They will no longer have to take a taxing annual exam in their pre-board year. From next year, a 3-hour multiple-choice test will suffice.
The West Bengal Higher Secondary Council has already accepted the HRD ministry's decision to allow the top 20 percentile students from each state board to qualify for IIT-JEE.
Now, the Class XI exam will be replaced by a 'problem solving assessment test' of three-hour duration, comprising 100 marks worth of multiple choice questions. The Council of Boards of School Education in India (COBSE) has asked the state boards to implement the policy. The HS Council will seek sanction for the COBSE decision in its upcoming executive council meeting and then put it up to the government for approval.
The students can take the test at their school but the answer scripts will be checked centrally at regional offices of the council.
"The question paper will be set by HS Council. It will be drawn from all five subjects and test the concept of the students," said a school education department official.
The Class XI score will be reflected in the HS board marksheet, a council official said. CBSE has already implemented the system from its 2012 session.
The test has a lot of advantages, the official said. "Students will be motivated if the number of examinations is reduced. Teachers can concentrate on teaching the textbooks instead of giving out notes for students to learn by rote. Students will get to understand the importance of reading between the lines. Earlier, the six-subject examinations stretched over 11 days in Class XI," he added.
When students realize that the exam is of only one day, they will not feel the pressure of all six subjects combined into one question paper. "Private tutors and coaching classes, who have a flourishing business teaching students of Class XI and XII, will no longer have a great time," the official said.
And since the test result will be reflected on the board marksheet, students will have to take it seriously. "In many cases, schools delay submitting the marks because of the lackadaisical attitude of teachers in checking the answerscripts. This problem will be minimized since the scripts will be checked at the regional centres. The machines will check the answerscripts thus reducing the possibility of any human error," he said.
A question booklet will be handed over to the students along with a Weimar sheet which will have a carbon copy. The students can take home the question and a copy of the Weimar sheet. After a week, model answers will be uploaded on the council website so that the students can assess their marks.
"We will place the decision taken by COBSE in the next executive council meeting of higher secondary council and then put it forward to the government for the final nod," said president of HS council, Muktinath Chattopadhyay.
Rattled with too many subjects, reeling under stress to cope up with pressure of studying for Joint Entrance Examinations, baffling between tuitions and class tests is a norm for students in class XI. It is now time for them to breathe easy.
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Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Quick-test-not-exam-in-Class-XI/articleshow/14857474.cms
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The West Bengal Higher Secondary Council has already accepted the HRD ministry's decision to allow the top 20 percentile students from each state board to qualify for IIT-JEE.
Now, the Class XI exam will be replaced by a 'problem solving assessment test' of three-hour duration, comprising 100 marks worth of multiple choice questions. The Council of Boards of School Education in India (COBSE) has asked the state boards to implement the policy. The HS Council will seek sanction for the COBSE decision in its upcoming executive council meeting and then put it up to the government for approval.
The students can take the test at their school but the answer scripts will be checked centrally at regional offices of the council.
"The question paper will be set by HS Council. It will be drawn from all five subjects and test the concept of the students," said a school education department official.
The Class XI score will be reflected in the HS board marksheet, a council official said. CBSE has already implemented the system from its 2012 session.
The test has a lot of advantages, the official said. "Students will be motivated if the number of examinations is reduced. Teachers can concentrate on teaching the textbooks instead of giving out notes for students to learn by rote. Students will get to understand the importance of reading between the lines. Earlier, the six-subject examinations stretched over 11 days in Class XI," he added.
When students realize that the exam is of only one day, they will not feel the pressure of all six subjects combined into one question paper. "Private tutors and coaching classes, who have a flourishing business teaching students of Class XI and XII, will no longer have a great time," the official said.
And since the test result will be reflected on the board marksheet, students will have to take it seriously. "In many cases, schools delay submitting the marks because of the lackadaisical attitude of teachers in checking the answerscripts. This problem will be minimized since the scripts will be checked at the regional centres. The machines will check the answerscripts thus reducing the possibility of any human error," he said.
A question booklet will be handed over to the students along with a Weimar sheet which will have a carbon copy. The students can take home the question and a copy of the Weimar sheet. After a week, model answers will be uploaded on the council website so that the students can assess their marks.
"We will place the decision taken by COBSE in the next executive council meeting of higher secondary council and then put it forward to the government for the final nod," said president of HS council, Muktinath Chattopadhyay.
Rattled with too many subjects, reeling under stress to cope up with pressure of studying for Joint Entrance Examinations, baffling between tuitions and class tests is a norm for students in class XI. It is now time for them to breathe easy.
Visit to - http://admissionbox.blogspot.com/
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Quick-test-not-exam-in-Class-XI/articleshow/14857474.cms
Tag : Quick test, not exam in Class XI
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