Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Wednesday said it is time the government starts planning about how class 10 and 12 students will be assessed in March 2022 considering another academic session could be affected by the Covid pandemic.
Sisodia told in interview “It is time to move on to next year. We cannot deny that another academic session could be COVID affected and we need to plan before it’s too late once again,”.
He stressed the need to be ready with a “foolproof formula” for next year to avoid scope for any “knee-jerk decision“. Now is the right time. A foolproof plan should be ready about how the will assessment be done in March 2022, and according to it, the current session should be planned and students should be prepared.
“A team is working on a plan on how academic sessions can be conducted for the board and nonboard classes and how can the assessment be done. Once we are done with the draft plan, I will share the recommendations with CBSE and the Centre,” he added.
Internals, online and semi online activities should be as per that plan rather than preparing students differently and then saying we will not pass them without taking exams. “I feel if we do not start now, it will be again too late for next year and will then lead to an unprepared and knee-jerk decision,” he added. Sisodia, who is also Delhi’s Education Minister, said his team is working on a draft plan in this regard, and he will share the recommendations with the CBSE and the Center.
Mr Sisodia, who had earlier told the Ministry of Education that going ahead with exams before vaccinating the students will be a disaster, said there can still be no second thought about it.
