With the announcement of board exam dates by Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on 31st December 2020 the school is now preparing for the exams. Many schools including the state board have also decided to open up the respective school by considering the Covid-19 pandemic.
The schools are opened after necessary arrangements have been made in almost all schools for the conduct of classes by ensuring social distancing. Students have been split into small groups, and classes will be conducted by accommodating one student each on a bench.
There are few comments from the school principal as follows:
Sri Aurobindo Mira CBSE School principal, M Gnanasundari stated that they have almost completed the portions and the 30% reduction in the syllabus will be beneficial for students. Online tests are also being conducted regularly to help students prepare well. There is ample time for students to prepare for the exams, but it is necessary for the schools to be reopened as soon as possible.
The principal added that it should for students to have bodily lessons at the very least for a couple of months, particularly there’s a new sample for exams these 12 months.
Along with it other schools, the principal of Kenbridge CBSE School, L Selvakumari, acknowledged that, Since the exams are in May, we will get more time to plan and prepare. But, in online classes, we can expect only around 50% of students who already study well to learn their lessons properly. There will always be around 10% of students who will not pay attention, take leave and even parents will not be co-operative. For such students, physical classes are necessary to guide them.
There won’t be any change in the schedule of pre-board examinations. We have decided to conduct a pre-board exam each month until May so that students start preparing from now instead of waiting till the nick of time,” said S Narasimha Reddy, principal, Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur and chairperson, Hyderabad Sahodaya Schools Complex. Reddy said that as they have also completed the practical examination syllabus, they now have ample time to prepare students for both practical and board examinations.
Few schools have already started pre-board in the last week of December 2020 and added that they will conduct at least a couple more before the board examinations. “By the time board examination dates were announced, students were giving their pre-board as we started the examinations on December 28,” said Latha Shankar, principal, P Obul Reddy Public School. She said that they might conduct pre-boards, for both class 10 and class 12, again in February and April. She added they were planning to reopen schools for class 10 and class 12 students from January 17 for practical classes.
Including principal one of a class XII student names T Krithika, said that the announcement of the board exam date has relieved some students. “There is more clarity now, and we still have sufficient time and are looking forward to school reopening. But, we are worried about practicals, as we have not even set foot inside a laboratory this year,” she said. A Class XII chemistry teacher from a private CBSE school said that at least for the practical work, students must be allowed to come to schools, maybe in batches. “If schools are not reopened, there is no point in this schedule.“There is more clarity now, and we still have sufficient time and are looking forward to school reopening. He said.
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