Uttarakhand board to mark students from containment zones who missed exams on average marks basis – education

Uttarakhand authorities on Wednesday knowledgeable that the students who couldn’t seem in board examinations within the state due to being caught in containment zones or residence quarantine, will now be marked based mostly on average marks.

Students can even have the choice of showing for an examination for the topic they missed, inside one month of the outcome being declared.

An order was issued relating to the identical by R Meenakshi Sundaram, secretary for varsity education within the state on Wednesday.

The order talked about that students who have appeared in 4 exams, they are going to be marked based mostly on three finest performing topics. Equally, students who have appeared for 3 exams will probably be marked on better of two topics; these who have appeared will probably be marked on one topic.

Neeta Tiwari, secretary for Uttarakhand Board of Secondary Education mentioned, “We will probably be marking students based mostly on average marks scored by them for the themes that they’ve missed. Students can even have the choice of showing for an examination for the topic that they missed if they don’t seem to be glad with the average marks.”

Nonetheless, she added that students may have to seem for a re-examination inside one month of the outcome being declared and “the marks that students safe within the re-examination would be the ultimate marks and no adjustments will probably be allowed thereafter.”

Tiwari mentioned that students showing for just one topic may be very uncommon and so they principally comprise of individuals registering for single topics to enhance their tutorial profile.

“These showing for just one topic are principally working professionals who need to enhance their tutorial profile. This won’t have an effect on many of the students who have their careers forward and a delay in outcomes can influence that, due to this fact we will probably be following the average based mostly marking system,” added Tiwari.