Over 38,000 to answer Class X, XII 2nd term exams in Goa from April 5 – Times of India
For the Class X exam, 20,594 students—10,539 boys and 10,055 girls—are expected to appear. For the Class XII exam, 18,215 students—8,937 boys and 9,278 girls—have registered.
“The supplementary examination (for Class X and XII) will be conducted based on the syllabus of the second term. For improvement of marks (exam), the syllabus will be of both first term and second term examinations,” the board said.
For the Class X exam, students across 400 schools have registered and for the Class XII exam students are from 106 institutes across Goa. For the Class XII commerce stream 5,502 students have registered, for the science stream exam 5,080 students have registered, for the arts stream 4,757 and for the vocational stream 2,876.
“There shall be no change of examination centre for the second term examination. The seat numbers will be the same as that of the first term examination. However, fresh hall tickets will be generated online, the same to be downloaded by the respective schools,” the board stated.
For the academic year 2021-22, the Goa Board introduced a special scheme for Class X and XII. Under it, the academic year has been divided into two terms.
The first terminal examination was held in December/January for 50% of the portion and it was in the form of multiple-choice questions. The second terminal exam will be held for the remaining 50% of the portion and the exam will be in the form of subjective questions. The Board has said that this special scheme pattern is in line with the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
“The Goa Board is one of the few state boards in the country with this terminal system of examination keeping in view NEP 2020,” the board said.
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