Education minister, Babush Monserratte has formulated a proposal wherein students who have failed even in two subjects in class X and XII board examinations will be allowed to keep term (ATKT). If approved by the government, the proposal will be implemented from the current academic year itself, the minister informed TOI on Sunday.
Monserrate informed that he will first discuss the proposal with the heads of state education bodies on July 6, and thereafter put it before the chief minister and the government’s committee for school education for approval. The minister has based the proposal on a similar demand under consideration of the Maharashtra government.
Monserrate said that “the minimum qualification for any job today is the class X passing certificate and that in this scenario a student who has failed in two subjects at the board exams is left behind in the race”. “Therefore, I have decided that it will be apt to grant students who fail in two subjects ATKT,” he said.
The proposal, if approved, can benefit a large number of students and it can even help arrest dropouts to some extent, said the education minister. Monserrate informed that for degree courses such a rule exists, wherein students who fail in two subjects are allowed to keep term. But in class X and XII board examinations a student is granted ATKT if he fails only in one subject and students who fail in two subjects have to repeat the year, he said.
Monserrate pointed out that the number of students who fail in two subjects in classes X and XII exams is significant, and many of these students then tend to abandon their pursuit for studies. “I feel this should stop and the proposal should be implemented from this year onwards. Therefore, I myself have framed this proposal,” he said. The education minister said that all concerned stakeholders will be taken into confidence before implementing the new proposal.
Courtesy: TOI
