Haryana Government is planning to restart board examinations for Class 8 as after the implementation of Right to Education Act, it has been made mandatory to pass every student up to Class 8 which is adversely affecting the results of Classes 9 and 10.
Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda has written a letter to Union Ministry of Human Resource to restart board examinations for Class 8. Education Minister, Geeta Bhukkal said this while replying to a question raised by MlA Narender Sangwan on poor performance of the students in Class 10 examinations during the ongoing Budget Session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha today. She said that poor performance of the students in Class 10 examinations is a matter of great concern and explanations are being sought from the officials of schools with results ranging from zero to 20 per cent.