TRICHY: The state government is adopting a simplified evaluation criteria for computing marks for class XII state board students which will help declare results at the earliest, school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said.
According to the criteria announced by chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday, Class X board examination marks will be given 50% weightage, class XI board exam 20% and internal assessment and practical exams in Class XII the remaining 30%.
The minister said in Trichy on Sunday that the job for teachers has become easier as these marks are already available in the portal.
“Teachers don’t have to visit schools to see the register to enter marks.
Since both Class X and XI are board exams, the data is already available in the portal in Chennai,” he said.
On reopening of schools with minimum number of students as Covid-19 cases have come down, he said parents are concerned about sending their children to school.
An appropriate decision would be taken after consulting the health department and Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR).
Earlier in the day, he distributed Covid assistance of Rs 4,000 each to temple priests, bhattacharyars and pujaris, who have no monthly salary, at an event in Rockfort complex, which houses Thayumanavar and Ucchi Pillayar temple.
A total of 16 priests received the assistance.
They are among the 603 priests in the district who will get the assistance in the coming days.