Following the recent announcement that +2 first year students have to secure minimum 33 per cent of marks for promotion to the second year, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Thursday said that this norm would not be implemented in the coming academic year.
“Following the announcement, allegations by students regarding non-completion of course/syllabus in several colleges have come to fore. Our only intention was to make the examination process systematic. The new rule will be implemented from next academic year and the department has taken a decision in this regard,” Dash said.
“We felt that students were having a casual approach towards the +2 first year studies due to a non-organised nature of first year examination. From next academic year, colleges will conduct the first year examination and send the marks of the students to the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE),” the Minister added.
