SRINAGAR: The minister for education Sakina Itoo Friday said that J&K Board of School Education (BOSE) will continue to conduct the annual examination for class 11th students as in vogue for the last many years.
The statement comes amid the speculations about School Education Department (SED) switching back to conduct home exams for class 11th annual examinations.
The speculations were making rounds after the Union Secretary Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL) Ministry of Education (MoE) Sanjay Kumar during his recent visit to Kashmir suggested the J&K School Education Department (SED) reconsider the board examination of class 11th students.
“No doubt, Union Secretary DSEL has put forth his suggestion to do away with JKBOSE exam for class 11th students, but JK Board will continue to conduct the exam as per the practice in vogue,” Sakina Itoo said.
The suggestion was put forth during the recent review meeting convened by the Union Secretary DSEL in Srinagar.
As already reported, a high level delegation of 40 members led by Union Secretary, DSEL Sanjay Kumar was on a visit to Kashmir earlier this week to take a detailed review of J&K SED. The team comprised Chairman CBSE and Director NCERT besides other senior officers of DSEL.
“Our JKBOSE is doing a commendable job. The exams are conducted in a foolproof manner and results are declared on time as well,” Sakina Itoo said.
The education minister said there will be no change in the mode exams for class 10th, 11th and 12th students.
“There should be no confusion among the students and other stakeholders. All the three exams (class 10th, 11th, and 12th) will continue to be conducted by JKBOSE,” she said.
In the past, the class 11th annual exam was conducted at school level. However it was observed that the students were not taking the exams seriously and would face immense problems in several competitive exams.
In wake of this, the former education minister Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari in 2018 announced that the Board examinations will be reintroduced for class 11th students.
The decision was hailed by the stakeholders considering the importance of the class 11th exams for the performance of the students in several competitive exams. -(GK)
