School education minister Varsha Gaikwad
MUMBAI: In view of the surge in Covid cases in the state, school education minister Varsha Gaikwad announced that students from class I to VIII in state board schools will be directly promoted to the next class. While the Right to Education (RTE) Act anyway does not allow failing of students till class VIII, this year there will be no exam for these classes. The decision on exams from classes IX and XI, however, is pending.
In the academic year 2020-21, physical classes for class I to IV were not allowed on account of the pandemic. The same was made possible for a short period in some regions for classes V to VIII, Gaikwad said in a public message, adding that there have been demands from parents’ and teachers’ organisations to take a decision on exams. While the state has decided to promote all students from class I to VIII, without conducting the annual exams, detailed guidelines regarding continuous comprehensive assessment will soo
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The chair of the Tomorrow s Schools Review Taskforce which reviewed the entire school system for the government two years ago, Bali Haque, said the problem was the inevitable result of a failing system.
He was backed by other experts who said teachers could not reverse declining achievement without big changes to the way schools are run.
Their comments followed the Principals Federation s call earlier this week for the Education Ministry to show more leadership in tackling declining student performance in a range of international and national tests.
Haque said the principals criticism of the ministry was not surprising.
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