Pune: The Maharashtra State Council exam for STD X and XII can be held in Offline mode in February-March 2022.
Dinkar Patil, Chairperson, Maharashtra State Council of secondary and secondary education, said that if the Covid-19 situation remains equal to five Next month, the exam will definitely be held in offline mode.
“However, we will be ready for online mode and plan B to ensure that students do not have the last problem.
We cannot sit and relax until the final decision is taken,” he said.
Two national educational boards, CBSE and CISCE, will conduct their first semester examination in offline mode in November-December.
At a recent meeting with the Minister of Education Varsha Gaikwad, stakeholders, including teachers, school representatives, members of the task force and educational officials, rooted in offline exams for secondary school certificates (SSC, STD XII) and STD XII) will be held in February-March.
Members say that students must prepare offline exams too.
For the last two tests, they were judged to the internal assessment because of the pandemic situation.
The State Council education officer was present for the meeting, said that the department made preparations for offline exams.
The exam last year was scheduled and then canceled because of the increase in the case of Covid-19.
A senior official from the Ministry of Education said education officers had visited Savitribai Phule Pune University recently to find out how they did proctorored online checks.
“There are more than 35 lakh students who take the exam and feasibility examination in procorored mode done if we have to do an online exam,” he added.
Officials have filed feedback during the meeting with the education minister that online checks for so many students will become impossible.
The temporary time table for the exam will be announced after the Diwali vacation, Patil said.
Committee members who are part of the meeting with the minister, raising traveling concerns, especially in Mumbai where local trains are not permitted for individuals who are not vaccinated.
The Department of School Education stated that the problem was being studied.