This story is from January 26, 2022

Odisha: Cancel exams cry by govt students

Close on the heels of CBSE, ICSE students going online to demand cancellation of board exams due to the ongoing third Covid wave, higher secondary students under the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha, raised similar objection on social media.
Odisha: Cancel exams cry by govt students
BHUBANESWAR: Close on the heels of CBSE, ICSE students going online to demand cancellation of board exams due to the ongoing third Covid wave, higher secondary students under the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha, raised similar objection on social media. On Tuesday, students from higher secondary colleges also staged protest at Master Canteen Square, demanding cancellation of the board exams.

“If the classes were on then we could have thought of appearing in the exam. But since classes are suspended and courses are not completed yet, it will be difficult for us to appear for the examination. The government should consider cancelling the exam,” said Puja Sahu, a Class XII student.
School and mass education minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Monday asked students to be prepared for the board examinations, which is likely to be held on schedule given that daily Covid cases have started dropping in the state, raising hope for offline examination.
“Conducting offline examination means putting the lives of students and teachers at risk. Can the government ensure that no student will get infected with Covid when they go to the exam centre? Even the government does not know how many students got infected with Covid when they appeared for the summative-1 exam between January 5-8,” argued Sandhya Rani Samant, a Class X student.
As per the revised assessment system, the government decided to conduct formative and summative tests for classes IX, X and XII so that in case of emergency, if exams have to be cancelled, then the marks can be calculated on the basis of students’ performance in those tests.
“Since the government has successfully conducted summative exams, it should cancel the board exams keeping the lives of students in mind. Our parents want us to secure good marks, but how can we do that without attending classes and clearing our doubts,” said Ranjan Kumar Panda, another Class XII student.
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