17/06/2016
Jun 14 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai)
Common board paper for Stds IX, XI from this year
Swati Shinde Gole
Pune
State Unhappy With SSC, HSC Performances Education Secy Says Aim Is For Quality
The state education department has decided to introduce a common exam for state board schools in Std IX from this academic year. Although the government denies it, the move has ostensibly been prompted by the growing number of schools failing weak students in Std IX in order to achieve 100% results in the SSC (Class X) exam.
So while schools will conduct the exam, check answer sheets and declare results for Std IX, a common question paper will be set by the Maharashtra state board of secondary & higher secondary education. Applying the same logic, the board will introduce a common exam for Std XI too.Thus, all exams from Std IX till HSC will have question papers set by the state board.
At the primary level, the state education department started the Pragat Shaikshanik Maharashtra (educationally progressive Maharashtra) scheme to improve the quality of education. On the same lines, the state education department is also looking at secondary education to improve student performance. Top officials recently met at the Maharashtra Sta te Council of Educatio nal Research and Training (MSCERT) in Pune to discuss various steps to raise the level of education as well as board students' performance.
