Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced that there will be no board exams for class 5 and 8 this year. The board exams for these classes will be held from the next session. The respective schools will give the exam. The government had earlier announced that the examinations would be conducted from this year but now it has been postponed.
The decision to hold board exams for classes 5 and 8 came as the state cabinet, on January 18, passed amendments to the Haryana Children’s Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2011. The order issued included all government and private schools in Gurgaon and Faridabad in Haryana and NCR cities.
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From next year onwards, students will have to appear for the board exams. The examination authorities will also give an additional chance to the students if they fail. Moreover, the results will be declared within a month of the exam.
“The Haryana government has taken an important decision regarding the implementation of 5th and 8th board examinations in the state. This historic decision will lead to high level reforms in the education system,” state education minister Kanwar Pal had earlier said in a tweet.
Haryana government in a gazette notification has added a section of board exams for class 5 and 8 students in the state. Officials had said that the decision was taken to monitor progress and conduct a standardized assessment of expected learning outcomes.
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Meanwhile, several private school associations had opposed the move, calling it a violation of their autonomy. Meanwhile, experts have questioned the implementation of a new board under the current pandemic situation in the country.
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