Odisha Matric Exam: Three alternate methods for evaluation; know details

Bhubaneswar: For the first time, Odisha Government has decided to evaluate the annual Matriculation Examination for the year 2022 adopting three different methods.

After receiving genuine feedback from academicians, educationists and all stakeholders, the State Government has decided three alternate methods of assessment for evaluation of Class-10 examination, informed Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra.

The High School Certificate (HSC) Examination, Madhyama Sanskrit Examination and Odisha State Open School Examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) will commence from April 29 to May 6.

The evaluation will be done on the basis of scores achieved in Summative Assessment-I, Summative Assessment-II and Internal Assessment.

Giving details about the methods, Mohapatra said, “The examinations will be evaluated by making the results of Summative Assessment-I and Internal Assessment two times higher and by doubling the marks of Summative Assessment-II that will be held in April last week. As per the decision, the evaluation will be made on 20% of Internal Assessment, 30% of Summative Assessment-I and 50% of Summative Assessment-II. Marks of every student will be decided based on these three methods. The highest scores in these methods will be considered as the final marks.”

Announcing the date for Summative Assessment-II of Class-10, he said that the examination is mandatory for all students.

“The students will appear in the Summative Assessment-II in their respective schools. If the conduct of examination is not feasible in schools, arrangement will be made for students to appear in the examination in a nearby school. The teachers from other schools will be engaged in examination duty,” the Chief Secretary added.

Worth mentioning that, State Government had cancelled the Class-10 examinations in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. In view of decline in daily Covid cases, the authorities decided to conduct the examination through offline mode.