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BENGALURU: While some students have welcomed the government’s formula of 45 per cent weightage for SSLC and first PUC marks, along with 10 per cent for internal assessments, they are worried about the objectivity of the internal assessments part. Students told TNIE that their college had not held any sort of internal assessment in paper. Even the department officials have been privy to this. Hence, for the 10 per cent weightage, the department has asked for subject-wise evaluation of students based on online, offline, mid-dterm, preparatory, class test, assignment, character, overall educational capacity.
Meanwhile, another worry for students is those who shifted from other boards to PUC (state) board for their Class 12. These students had far more subjects in their Class 10 examination.As per the department’s marking scheme, two languages based on which they secured the highest in, will be chosen, and an average of the optionals will be taken, and the two
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BENGALURU: The prolonged closure of schools due to Covid has had a significant negative impact on the learning levels of children. The loss in learning is both in terms of curriculum they would have learnt had the schools remained open and the lessons forgotten from previous years, reveals an extensive study ‘Loss of Learning during the Pandemic’ by Azim Premji University.
The study covered 16,067 primary schoolchildren across five states and found that on an average, 92 per cent of children have lost at least one specific language ability from the previous year across all classes. These abilities include describing a picture or their experiences orally, reading familiar words, reading with comprehension and writing simple sentences based on a picture. The study which was held
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BENGALURU: The 30 per cent reduction in tuition fee has created a deadlock between the government and private school managements, which are planning to protest, should the order stay. The Associated Managements of English Medium Schools in Karnataka, Management of Independent CBSE Schools Association Karnataka, Karnataka Unaided School Management Association, other state board and board management associations, at a meeting on Wednesday, decided to protest against the government’s fee cut order and other circulars that they claim are bringing them to the brink of closure.
MLC Puttanna said that he will sit on a dharna in front of education minister’s office indefinitely if the order is not withdrawn. Rural schools, represented by the Recognised Unaided Private schools Association, have however decided to keep away from the protest.Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar said on Wednesday that the fee reduction is to protect the right