Tenth Exam papers cut down the number of papers from 11 to seven
Tenth Exam papers cut down the number of papers from 11 to seven
P. SUJATHA VARMA
VIJAYAWADA
After announcing that the
SSC (Class 10) Board exams
will be held in July, the go-vernment has now decided
to cut down the number of
papers from 11 to seven.
"Conduct of the SSC ex
ams in adherence to the CO
VID-19 protocols is a chal-
lenge. We don't want the
students to get exposed to
health threat during the ex
aminations," Education Mi-
nister Adimulapu Suresh
told The Hindu on Wednes-day.
The Minister referred to
suggestions from many
quarters that the exams be
done away with in view of
the stringent restrictions on
the movement of people due
to the lockdown, and said,
"It will not be in the interest
of theof the future students."
Acknowledging the fact
that "this period of uncer-
tainty" had put tremendous
he said the exams were first
postponed as the dates over-
lapped with the local body pressure on students
elections, and later it was
due to the lockdown.Fee reimbursementWhen pointed out that the High Court had observed
that GO 15, issued on March
24, stands suspended till
further orders, the Minister
called it "unfortunate."
The GO deals with the De-
partment of Higher Educa-
tion and notified the fee
structure for private unaid-
ed engineering colleges of
fering B. Tech courses for the year 2019-20.
"GO 15 is the prerogative
of the government. The fee
reimbursement and fee fixa-
tion have been done based
on the recommendations of
the Higher Education Moni-
toring and Regulatory Com
mission. The idea is to make
education accessible to all
by creating a level playing
ground," he said, arguing
that when educational stan-
dards were fixed by the All
India Council of Technical
Education (AICTE), a un-
iform fee should be charged
from all students.
Mr. Suresh said the go-
vernment wanted the fee
regulatory commission to
strictly go by the expendi-
ture the colleges incurred in
providing education. "Based
on that, we are giving fee
reimbursement. But a few
colleges are not happy"
He said the fee regulatory
commission was a statutory
body created by enacting a
law in the Assembly and
headed by Justice Eeswa
riah, and the fixation of fee
was based on scientiñc ana-
lysis. "We will not encourage
the commercialisation of
education. The promise on
full fee reimbursement is
part of Navaratnalu and the
government is determined
to fulfil it," he said.
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