KVs plan more tests to improve board results
Many students do not perform well in the exam even when they know the concept because of their inability to write faster SENIOR KV OFFICIAL
NEW DELHI:Writing practice of one hour to three hours and taking more mock-exams, identifying bright students and giving proper attention to the students who need more help, and going for early counselling of students and parents are some of the measures the Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) are introducing to prepare students for class 10 and 12 board exams next year.
The class 10 boards were reintroduced after eight years by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in 2018 and due to the no detention policy till class 8, students had not written any external exam and didn’t have much practice of writing exams in a fixed time, officials said.
Officials said teachers need to focus on students’ writing practice for external exams so that they can perform better next year. A senior KV official said, “It has been observed that many students do not perform well in the exam even when they know the concept, only because of their inability to write faster and legibly. They are unable to attempt all the questions. Students had not taken board or other external exams earlier so while KVs performed well in class 12, the performance in class 10 was not good as students took the board exam for the first time.”
Kendriya Vidyalayas, instituted under the ministry of human resource development (MHRD), runs a chain of schools across the country and provides affordable quality education. Over the years, these schools have fared better than private schools in the class 12 board examinations.
An action plan prepared by KVs further states: “The secret of exam management is writing. Therefore, the teacher should encourage students for writing practice in phases and in the planned manner starting from one hour duration to three hours duration. They should be encouraged to take mock examinations as many times as possible right from the half-yearly examination stage upto the annual/board examinations.
“It is advised that the bright ones are also identified quite early and necessary facilitation be provided to them in different manners e.g. encouragement, supply of student support material and exposing them to higher order thinking situations”.
Out of total 68,615 students from KVs 67,089 passed in 2018, which means 97.78% passed in class 12 this year in comparison to 95.86% in 2017. Number of KVs that produced 100% result has improved from 291 in 2017 to 490 in 2018. However, Class 10 pass percentage of KVs was 95.9s. Schools have been asked to scrutinise the reasons for poor performance in some pockets and make a viable plan for 2018-19.