Goemkarponn Desk
PANAJI: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) has come out with a draft policy to tabulate marks of students for class X board examination based on the internal assessments conducted by the schools.
In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board examinations 2021 for class X, scheduled from May 13, was cancelled and it was decided that the students will be promoted to class XI based on internal marks assessment, while an entrance exams will be held for those wanting to go for Science or Diploma courses.
The general body meeting of the Goa Board held on Saturday deliberated on the draft policy, which will be finalized in next two days.
As per the policy, the schools have to put in place a Result Committee, consisting of Principal and seven teachers, including two co-opted teachers from the neighbouring schools, for finalising the results. The others teachers include one Mathematics, two subject teachers, social science and science.
The students will be assessed out of maximum 100 marks for each subject. As per the policy of the Board, 20 marks are for Internal Assessment and 80 marks are for Board Examinations.
The Internal Assessment for 20 marks will be as per the existing policy. Internal Assessments have already been done by the school and a majority of schools have uploaded their data on the Board portal.
Due to cancellation of the Board Examinations, the assessment of 80 marks will be done by the school based on the marks scored by the candidate in the different tests/exams conducted by the school during the year, and The marks should be in consonance with the past performance of the school in Class X Board examinations.
The schools carry out unit test, mid-yearly exams and preliminary examinations for Class X, before they go for Board exams.
“As marks will be allocated at school level, they will strictly not be comparable across schools due to the variations in the quality of question papers, the evaluation standard and processes, the mode of conduct of exams etc. Therefore, to ensure standardization, each school will have to internally moderate the marks to account for the school level variations by using a reliable reference standard,” the Board said in the policy.
The policy also states that any candidate who is not satisfied with the marks allocated will be given an opportunity to appear in an exam as and when the conditions are conducive to hold the exams either conducted by the Board or concerned school. Nearly 24,900 students were due to answer their Board exams.
