Gurgaon: Minister of State Education Kanwar Pal met with Minister of Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday on the government’s decision to introduce the council exam for 8th grade students of all schools in the current academic session.
The aim is to compile the middle ground when the movement has attracted the opposition from stakeholders, including the Central Secondary Education Council (CBSE) and the Board for the Indian School Certificate Council (CISCE) and schools and parents.
The decision will be taken in the next two to three days.
“The minister’s chairman is aware of the situation and we are conducting brainstorming to come to the middle place which is the interest of everyone.
We want to bring parity to the learning level, and profitable decisions will be taken in the next two to three days,” Kanwar Pal said.
The government tends to turn back the council test, but appears to accommodate the concerns raised.
Sources in the Directorate of School Education said that the government had overcome the legal aspects to advance with his decision.
Haryana Rights Children for Free and Mandatory Education Regulations (Amendments), 2022, make it mandatory for schools to conduct council exams for grade 5 and 8.
The state governments issue notice in this case on January 18.
The government said the Borad Exam will apply to private schools as well, which is worrying as a school affiliated with a different board with different bilters.
CBSE has expressed his order for the decision.
“In addition to practical problems, it can collide with the recommendation of national education policy.
We have requested the proposed detail the board test, and we will be able to take care after innoving carefully,” said the CBSE examination controller Shyam Bhardwaj.
Cisce has asked the government to reconsider forcing her decision in schools affiliated with other councils.
“Cisce has a pedagogy, uniform followed by many schools affiliated with it in India and abroad.
So, the exam by the School Education Council Haryana (BSEH) will lead to confusion and chaos,” said Chairman of Cisce Gerry Arathoon.
Some groups of parents have, meanwhile, online and offline campaigns to oppose steps.
“Schools have been closed for two years, and children have developed the learning gap.
The scheme like this at the last moment will add to them.
Students can fail the exam, which is a big shift from policy without detention,” said Co-founder association Old Gurgaon Pradeep Rawatan, who has started an online campaign that only demands internal assessment.
Some parents have also started the petition on Change.org to oppose the council exam.
The school has also been written to CM, urging a test withdrawal, at least for this academic session.
“Prolonged school closure because Covid does not give us enough time to plan our academic year.
We understand that the government wants to test the literacy rate through a benchmark system, but the time is incorrect.
It must give us a year to plan sessions according to new rules,” Salwan Public Principal said Rashmi Malik.