58 lakh students didn't pass Classes 10, 12 board exams in 2022; education ministry plans reform

 

58 lakh students didn't pass Classes 10, 12 board exams in 2022; education ministry plans reform.


NEW DELHI: Over 58 lakh Class 10 and Class 12 students didn't progress from their grades in 2022, an analysis of board exam result data from across states by the ministry of education has shown. The analysis was undertaken as part of the process of reforming the school board exam structure to bring it in line with the new National Education Policy (NEP 2020).

The ministry is considering plans to bring school boards across the states and the Union Territories to a common platform. Another proposed reform is to merge multiple boards within the same state into one state board for both Class 10 and Class 12 levels.

Apart from a single platform assessment, the ministry report —Examination Results of Secondary and Higher Secondary Boards – Some Observations has suggested skill based training for students who fail exams and mapping of regular boards with open boards to decrease dropouts in secondary and higher secondary level.

 

According to the report’s data, in 2022, 35 lakh students of Class 10 did not progress to Class 11 in which 27.5 lakh students failed the exam and 7.5 lakh students did not appear for the board exam. Meanwhile 23.4 lakh students didn't complete Class 12 where 18.6 lakh students failed in the exam and 4.8 lakh students did not appear for the exam.

 

To retain the students who are not appearing for the board exams and to improve India’s ranking in Human Development Index, the report suggests skilled-based training.

A significantly high number of students who failed was recorded among open school students at both centre and state level with 47% and 55% respectively. Among regular boards, the failure rates were 5% and 16 percent at central board and state boards respectively.

 

The report further suggested that open schools can reach out to the students who are dropping out at Class 10 and 12 level. In addition, the students who fail in board exams in regular boards can be mapped with open boards to exchange information. The report suggests this mapping to retain and track students in the education system for a longer period. Presently only 10 lakh students are registering through open schools, the report observed.

 

The ministry has established Parakh – a collaboration between the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) and ETS, a US-based global testing service to assist in enhancing the quality and validity of assessments, developing tests, and conducting research on assessment methodologies.

In the effort to align assessment in school education, the education ministry has analysed the board examination results of three central boards– the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), and the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) along with several state education boards.

 

Separate examination boards in eight states including Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Odisha, West Bengal and Telangana have also been analysed. Earlier in this month, the education ministry conducted a workshop focused on school assessment, examination practices and equality between educational boards nationwide.



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