The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) has taken steps to constitute three-member committees at the taluk level to review the internal assessment marks given to class 10 students in all high schools under the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system in the State.
The Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI) will constitute a three-member committee comprising a head master of a high school and two teachers from science and arts/language subjects in every taluk.
This committee will visit all the high schools in the respective taluk and review the internal assessment marks given by the subject teachers to class 10 students this year.
The SSLC examination will start on March 21 across the State, and 80% marks have been allotted for written examination and 20% for internal assessment. The written exam will be conducted for 100 marks for the first languages and internal assessment will be 25 marks. For the rest of the subjects, written exam will be conducted for 80 marks and internal assessment will be 20 marks.
Problems with internal assessment scores
The internal assessment marks are given based on the marks obtained by the students in a total of four Formative Assessments (FA) and eight activities of the academic year. However, the board has received many complaints about the negligence of teachers in scoring internal assessment.
Although maximum marks are given to students in the internal assessment at the school level, the board noticed that students score much lower in the written examination conducted by the KSEAB.
When the records of select schools were verified at the KSEAB, the board observed that there was a huge difference between the actual marks scored by the students in the FAs and activities, and the marks entered in the Students Achievement Tracking System (SATS)/board database.
Dereliction of duty
Taking this issue seriously, the KSEAB opined that this shows dereliction of duty by the Head Masters, teachers and subject teachers, and decided to constitute the committees to verify the internal marks.
“The members of the committee will visit the schools and confirm that the FAs and activities have been conducted at the school level as per the rules and that the students have been given subject-wise internal assessment marks based on the quality,” said a KSEAB official.
Further, it said necessary action will be taken against the teachers who are found guilty of dereliction of duty, and a report will be submitted to the DDPIs concerned. According to the KSEAB schedule, February 23, 2025 is the last date to enter the internal marks online.
Restrictions on examination
In addition, the KSEAB has also restricted SSLC exam-1, 2 and 3 for students with less than 75% attendance.
It has also decided not to allow such students to take the internal exam. Instead, they will be allowed to re-enroll to the schools in the academic year 2025-26 and take the exam.
Last time, students who had less than 75% attendance were allowed to take SSLC Exam-2 and 3. Those who failed in this examination, too, were allowed to re-enroll in the school for the year 2024-25.
“Even in the previous year, class 10 students with less than 75% attendance were barred from taking the exam, but SSLC exams-2 and 3 were allowed. This year, for students with less than 75% attendance and who have completed 15 years and wish to take exams-2 and 3, steps will be taken to get permission from the government and facilitate the exam. However, students who have not completed 15 years and have less than 75% attendance will not be allowed to give the exam for any reason. Instead, such students are required to re-enroll in school for the next academic year,” KSEAB officials confirmed.
Published - February 06, 2025 05:57 pm IST
