Gujarat Board to promote Class 9, 11 students without exams, GSHSEB mass promotion guidelines released
As per the GSHSEB mass promotion guidelines, the students of Class 9 and Class 11 will be evaluated on the basis of internal assessment, periodical tests, notebook submission and subject enrichment activity.
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has announced that it has decided to promote all the students of Class 9 and Class 11 to their next classes without the exams owing to the surge in coronavirus positive cases in the state. The board has released mass promotion guidelines for the students of Class 9 and Class 11. As per the GSHSEB mass promotion guidelines, the students of Class 9 and Class 11 will be evaluated on the basis of internal assessment, periodical tests, notebook submission and subject enrichment activity.
As per the guidelines, the Class 9 and Class 11 mark sheets will mention “Due to COVID-19, exams were not conducted”. On April 15, the Gujarat Board had decided to postpone its upcoming board examinations for GSEB Class 10 and GSEB Class 12 amid a huge spike in coronavirus cases in the state and across the country.
The examinations were scheduled to be held between May 10 and May 25. The Gujarat board said that it will review the situation on May 15 and will announce the new Class 10 and Class 12 exam dates.
As per the GSHSEB mass promotion guidelines, the school principals can award more than 10 marks as grace marks to promote the students. Till now, there was a restriction of a maximum of 10 as grace marks. As part of the mass promotion, the students will not be eligible for ranks.
While Class 11 Science students will be marked on the basis of internal assessment, periodical tests of 10 marks, notebook submission and subject enrichment activity of five marks each, the vocational and general stream students will be assessed on the basis of term paper of 10 marks - five marks for the project and five marks review of one syllabus book from the library.
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