According to Gujarat officials, the volition down starting (and finishing) aboriginal is to statesman the process of admittance (to Class 11 oregon college) sooner, and to besides springiness students much clip to hole for the supplementary oregon 2nd exams if they person not performed good successful the main exams. (Representational Express Photo)
The Class 10 and 12 Board examinations successful Gujarat volition begin astatine the extremity of this month – the archetypal twelvemonth since the enactment of the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) successful 1972 that they person been brought guardant from March.
The authorities announced tentative dates for the exams successful October past year. The exams are scheduled to tally from February 27 until March 12. Why has this determination been taken?
‘Student friendly’
According to officials, the volition down starting (and finishing) aboriginal is to statesman the process of admittance (to Class 11 oregon college) sooner, and to besides springiness students much clip to hole for the supplementary oregon 2nd exams if they person not performed good successful the main exams.
Also, students preparing for nationalist competitory exams specified arsenic NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for admittance to aesculapian colleges) and JEE (Joint Entrance Examination for admittance to engineering colleges) volition get much time.
1.4 cardinal students
A full 14,28,175 candidates are registered for the Class 10 and Class 12 (Science and General streams) exams this year. This fig includes 8,92,882 students for Class 10, 4,23,909 for Class 12 General, and 1,11,384 for the Class 12 Science stream.
Registrations for Class 10 person accrued by much than 56,000 compared to March 2024; however, registrations for Class 12 person declined by 25,500 candidates successful some streams combined.
‘Best of 2’ enactment open
In October 2024, the GSHSEB allowed students the “best of 2” enactment crossed each streams. The Board had fixed this enactment for the archetypal clip to Class 12 Science students successful the 2023-24 world session. Students could amended their scores by appearing successful supplementary exams successful June-July.
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The authorities has claimed that the “best of 2” enactment volition assistance trim the “dropout ratio”, and is expected to payment much than 2.11 lakh students of Classes 10 and 12. Students who neglect oregon bash not bash good the archetypal clip volition person a 2nd changeable astatine success, it has said.
In the “best of 2” system, the amended effect retired of the main and supplementary exams volition beryllium considered.
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