Parents, schools waiting for assessment procedure after cancellation of Class X exams

Tribune News Service

 Chandigarh, April 15

 A day after the central government announced to promote Class X students without conducting examinations, owing to Covid-19 pandemic, schools and parents are now in a fix over the procedure for assessment of marks.

 While the decision was welcomed by many students, there are few who are also worried about their percentile. Schools and officials meanwhile are waiting for CBSE guidelines, however they are also view that the assessment should be made on some concrete basis.

 “The whole exercise (cancelling the examinations) has been unnecessary. Out of 100, only handful of students would be happy with the decision. Also, there are many students, who skipped their pre-boards and other internal examinations and this process, now how would we assess their performance,” said HS Mamik, President, Independent School Association (ISA) Chandigarh.

 “We have to wait for CBSE guidelines. We just cannot judge a student’s performance from one particular examination, especially in this pandemic. The students are with us for many years and considering the scenario, their overall performance should be judged,” said Harsimran Kaur, Principal, The Gurukul.

 “The decision of cancellation of exams has come as a shock for those who have been preparing hard. Generally such a decision affects only the intelligent and the studious ones. Perhaps under the present scenario, this was the only viable solution for the government but I personally feel that some sort of viva/offline exams (with all the SOPs followed strictly) must be conducted at the school level, so that those who have studying hard should not feel their efforts have gone in vain,” said Amita Khorana, Principal, Shishu Niketan Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22(D).

Rubinderjit Singh Brar new DPI (Schools), UT Administration, also said that the UT Education Department will wait for CBSE guidelines. “We will wait for CBSE instructions,” said Singh. Meanwhile, some parents also expressed curiosity over knowing the process of students’ assessment. “It’s a welcome decision for many parents, but the CBSE should also clear the process of marks’ assessment,” said Parul, a local parent.

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