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| Monday, Apr 09, 2007
Poorer pass percentage likely in Class X science paper: teachers
"Questions for about 30 marks not from exercise questions
listed at end of each chapter"
- Number of centums in Class Ten (SSLC) science
examination in the last two years: Year - Total Students
- Number of Centums: 2005 - 7,54,766 - 284; 2006 - 8,14,809
- 65
Chennai: Members of the Tamil Nadu Graduate Teachers' Association
on Saturday said there may be a considerable fall in the number
of students passing the Class X (SSLC) Science paper this year.
Addressing mediapersons, the teachers said that questions for
about 30 marks were not from the exercise questions listed at
the end of each chapter.
"Though the questions were from the textbook, they were
from less important portions ," said Association general
secretary S.M.Thambithurai.
The Association had submitted a memorandum to the Director of
Government Examinations in July last, seeking the deletion of
complicated sections in the syllabus. They attributed the fall
in overall pass percentage in the last two years to the drop
in science scores. State President of the Association M. Chidambara
Hari said, "We had also requested the government to appoint
separate teachers for Physics, Chemistry and Biology so that
they would be in a better position to teach important concepts."
They also sought the involvement of senior teachers in the framing
of question papers. Following this year's SSLC science examination,
the Association members approached officials concerned and requested
them to be lenient in evaluation. Meanwhile, members of the
Tamil Nadu High and Higher Secondary School Head Masters' Association
also maintained that the Science paper was rather difficult.
When contacted, highly placed department officials said there
was no question of awarding extra marks to SSLC students for
the Science paper. Unlike in the case of Class XII Chemistry
and Physics question papers that had mistakes, none of the questions
in the Class X Science paper had errors or were out of syllabus.
However, the teachers' request for lenient evaluation would
be considered , a senior official said. Senior officials said
several teachers followed the practice of coaching students
in a set of questions they deemed important, they said.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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