Worried by Class X exam dropouts, govt plans survey
Door-to-door Screening After Board Exam
- Bhubaneswar: The school and mass education department will find out the reasons behind large-scale absence of examinees in the ongoing high school certificate (HSC) examination and take up Students enter an examination hall at Unit-3, Capital High School, to or-to-door survey to identify appear for the Class 10 board exam the dropouts.
- The matriculation examination (summative assessment-II) conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) started from Friday Though the board did not reveal the exact number of absentees, sources said, more than 15,000 students did not appear for it.
- Official sources said the BSE will find out the reasons after the end of the examination. Sources said many students have dropped out of school and helped their family by working as Laboure's in agriculture, construction and other sectors. Some of them could not continue their education as their parents shifted to other states in says to know the reasons. arch of work.
- School and mass education minister Samir Ranjan Dash said they will find out the reasons behind the absence of students in the HSC examination. "After the examination is over, we will Analyse the matter and find out where the problem lies," he added.
- He said they will take this matter seriously and find out the reasons for the massive lity absence. The department will conduct orientation of the headmasters of high schools and hold door-to-door surve-ys to know the reasons.
- A clerk of Government Girls' Nodal High School, Ka- katpur, in Puri district was suspended for violating the rules prohibiting mobile use during the time of HSC ex team. amination. Centre superin- tendents of Kakatpur Girls' High School and its nearby Government Girls High School, Nayahat, have been relieved from the responsibi-lity
- After an audio featuring deal with a guardian of a matric examinee and a teacher for allowing malpractice in the examination center, superintendent, deputy supe rintendent and the total invigilators team of Haripur high school in Nimapada have been replaced with a new team.
- Biswajit Ghosh, district education officer, Puri, said they have completely change ed the team of Haripur high school. "We have told them not to enter the high school till the examination is over, "he added.