GO clears confusion in higher secondary education in Malabar
The Hindu
Order issued on improvement exams for Plus One students, additional batches
A Government Order (GO) on Thursday directing the Director of General Education to hold improvement exams for the 2021 batch of Plus One students and another notification on 79 additional batches have cleared confusion in the higher secondary education sector in the Malabar region.
The order said that the students could not attend schools because of the pandemic and other natural calamities, and that they had not been able to study properly in classrooms. Thus, holding improvement exams will be necessary, it added. Earlier, when the notification for the exams for the 2021 batch was issued, it was announced that improvement exams would not be held.
According to sources, there had been complaints about Plus One exams after the results were declared. Many students could not appear for the exams because of COVID-19, and some others scored less than expected marks. This led to the demand to give them another chance through improvement exams.
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