: Thursday, April 8, 2021, 2:19 PM IST
Class 9 and 11 students in Maharashtra welcome move to promote without exams, worry about board exams
Sajad Hameed
On Wednesday, Maharashtra school education minister Varsha Gaikwad declared that students of Class 9 and 11 would be promoted without examinations. And while students are cheering about the decision, there is some trepidation when it comes to the impending board examinations. In the wake of the current Covid-19 situation, all state board students of Classes 9 and 11 will be promoted to the next class without any examinations, Gaikwad had informed.
In response to this situation, students have hailed this decision as being much-needed. Parul Shah, a Class 11 student said, Our admission process for First Year Junior College (FYJC) was dragged for over nine months. Regular online classes were not conducted properly. I am glad we are promoted without exams because we had no time to prepare.
Maharashtra govt mulls over decision to postpone SSC, HSC board exams amidst COVID-19 surge
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The Maharashtra school education department is mulling over postponing Class 10 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Class 12 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) board offline examinations amidst a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state, said sources from the department.
A meeting to discuss a plan for SSC and HSC board exams and, to finalise the roadmap for exams of Classes 9 and 11 students was conducted on Tuesday by Varsha Gaikwad, state school education minister with all the stakeholders. A senior official of the state school education department said, We will conduct a discussion with the Chief Minister (CM) of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray regarding postponement of SSC and HSC board offline examinations.
Students across Maharashtra have taken to Twitter to register their protests against exams being conducted during April. The hashtag-
#CancelBoardExams2021 has been trending on Twitter with more than 225K tweets on the subject. (Since India s students are creative, there are a few memes too.)
Here s what the students are saying:
Can t put millions of kids at risk during such times #cancelboardexams2021 Rony Dasgupta (@TheRawKnee) April 6, 2021
We don t want to be in such a situation..
Thanks to Raj Thakre sir ,@RajThackeray for supporting students ,
Who will responsible for this Students deaths ??#cancelboardexams2021#cancelboards2021#CANCELBOARDEXAMS2021PAK
STUDENT MUST BE RETWEET FAST #AnuragTyagiClasses@anubha1812pic.twitter.com/WTK5JfUMrc Anurag Tyagi ð®ð³ (@TheAnuragTyagi) April 6, 2021
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HSC board exam hall tickets to be released from April 3
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Finally, after repeated demands, students appearing for Class 12 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) board examination can access their hall tickets online starting from April 3, 2021. The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) on Thursday said hall tickets or admit cards of HSC board exam will be available at www.mahahsscboard.in from April 3 onwards.
Students can access their hall tickets from the official website of Maharashtra state board under college login. MSBSHSE said, Junior colleges and schools should print hall tickets and provide to students appearing for HSC board exams. No fees should be charged from students for printing of hall tickets.