It is appreciable that the school education department has restructured the existing examination system and the new system will help to increase class work days and save academic year of students. The move has come following large number of representations, inputs received from stakeholders seeking reforms in the board examinations, re-scheduling of the annual and bi-annual/ private examinations, increase in the number of teaching days in an academic year, provisional admission, assessment of practical knowledge through alternative means. The issues were discussed with concerned authorities as also with experts. After the board examinations, classes do not commence for about 1-2 months till results are declared, followed by vacations thereby substantially reducing the actual duration of academic calendar. It has also been noted that the gap between annual and bi-annual examination of class 10th can be reduced in a manner that would provide an opportunity to unsuccessful candidates to save their academic year. The present structure of bifurcation of the science papers into theory and practical examination has failed to yield the desired results as the marks allotted for the practical examination are not being awarded in a transparent manner.
