Students worried over lack of clarity on year-end assessment
The Hindu
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The Department of Primary and Secondary Education is yet to take a call on how students from classes one to nine will be assessed for the 2021-22 academic year. On April 5, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar had said a decision would be taken in two days. However, even now there is no clarity on assessments, much to the dismay of not just parents and students, but also school managements. Many students who want to go back to their home towns are unable to do so as they are not sure if the government will announce an examination or another form of assessment for which their physical presence would be necessary. Kantharaj S., whose sons study in classes four and eight in a school that follows the State syllabus, said, “My wife and me work from home, and also have to do the domestic chores. We are unable to manage the children and want to send them to our home town, but we have no clarity on whether the school will conduct examinations.”
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