Green Corridor, Paper Choices To Be Part Of Assam's Plans To Conduct Board Exams. Students Unimpressed

Bucking the trend, Assam, unlike many other states, has decided to hold both Classes 10, 12 board exams, at a time when the state has over 48 thousand active Covid cases, with a positivity rate of just below 3 per cent and over 3,600 Covid deaths since last year.

Assam government will finalise its SOP for conducting board examinations for both Class 10 and Class 12 students in a few days, despite opposition from a large number of students and parents. The SOP is expected to have various measures to ensure that the exams do not lead to a Covid spike – green corridors for the movement of students might be created on the days of the exam. For Class 10 board exams conducted by the Board of Secondary Education Assam (SEBA), students might have to write for only three compulsory subjects. For the Class 12 board exams under the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC), several options might be offered to the students; said a senior govt official. "We will hold the exams with a reduced number of subjects and if necessary, on a reduced number of marks. We are observing the trend of Covid so we might get a window where Covid will be lowest in July and August...we have to complete the exams by August 15," Assam Education minister Ranoj Pegu told NDTV. The minister added that "CBSE has taken the decision taking the entire country into consideration. But here, in Assam, we have managed Covid very well even in the second phase so we are confident that the exams will pass off without trouble".