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In the 2023-24 world league for the archetypal time, the authorities Board had fixed the enactment of ‘best of two’ for lone Class 12 subject watercourse students. File
In a first, the Gujarat authorities volition beryllium conducting the Board exams for Classes 10 and 12 successful February this year. The tentative dates were announced successful October. Usually the exams are held successful March erstwhile the summertime has acceptable in. We explicate the crushed down this decision:
Why the aboriginal exams
The preponing of the exam calendar is simply a archetypal for the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) since its enactment successful 1972. The exams for Classes 10 and 12 person been taking spot from February 27 till March 12. Authorities privy to the determination making of aboriginal exams this twelvemonth revealed that this volition “give clip for aboriginal admissions to the students”. Also, with the Board exams winding up aboriginal and subsequently the results excessively being declared early, students volition get much clip to hole for the supplementary oregon the 2nd exams if they person not performed good successful the main examination, said the authorities. Further, students preparing for nationalist competitory exams specified arsenic NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) and JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) for admittance to engineering and aesculapian colleges volition besides get much clip for preparation, according to the officials.
Student registrations
This year, 14,28,175 candidates person registered for Class 10 and Class 12 (Science and wide streams) Board examinations.
This includes a full of 8,92,882 registered students for Class 10, 4,23,909 candidates for Class 12 (general stream) and 1,11,384 candidates for Class 12 (science stream).
According to the information, determination is an summation successful registration for Class 10 by much than 56,000 this twelvemonth compared to March 2024. However, successful Class 12 — some wide and subject streams — a flimsy diminution successful registered regular candidates has been recorded by the Board. Combining some streams of Class 12, 25,500 little candidates person registered this twelvemonth against past year.
‘Best of two’ option open
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) allowing each the students ‘best of two’ options crossed each streams successful October 2024 came arsenic a large alleviation for Class 10 and 12 students.
In the 2023-24 world league for the archetypal time, the authorities acquisition Board had fixed the enactment of ‘best of two’ for lone Class 12 subject watercourse students wherever they tin amended their results by appearing successful supplementary exams conducted successful June-July. Between March Board exams and June-July supplementary exams, the students tin amended their results by choosing the champion of two.
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How galore students to benefit
The Gujarat authorities had claimed that the ‘best of 2 exam’ inaugural to “reduce the dropout ratio of students” is expected to payment implicit 2.11 lakh students of Class 10 and 12. The students who person failed successful the exams oregon could not get bully results the archetypal clip for immoderate crushed volition get a 2nd aureate accidental by utilizing the ‘best of two’ option.
Students who person failed oregon obtained debased marks successful Class 10 and Class 12 subject and wide watercourse volition instrumentality the supplementary examination, pursuing which the champion effect among the main oregon supplementary introspection volition beryllium considered and the pupil volition beryllium awarded a certificate. The determination volition beryllium applicable to students appearing for Board exams successful February 2025.
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