The special offline matriculation examination for the year 2021 would be conducted on 70 per cent of the syllabus, informed School & Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Friday.
“The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) has already issued a notification for the improvement examination date and guidelines for the students expressing resentment over marks awarded to them. The questions in the examination will be set from 70 per cent of the syllabus as we have already reduced the Class-10 syllabus by 30per cent. The Board will decide the pattern of questions for the examination,” he told media.The Government made arrangements to conduct an improvement examination for the students, who are not satisfied with their marks. The examination woud be conducted with strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols, Dash said while appealing to the agitating students and their parents that they should appear in the examination.
The special offline examination is scheduled on July 30. It will continue till August 5. The candidates can fill up their forms online between July 5 and 14.
Speaking to reporters about the examination, the Minister said the BSE would take appropriate measures to announce the results within 15 days and the students would not face any issue in admission into Plus II courses this academic session.
“The students can upload their new marks on official website of SAMS Odisha. The marks will be considered in the enrolment into Plus II courses,” Dash said.