Early exam or failures in 1 subject
GSHSEB is planning to hold supplementary exam for HSC science students in a month after results are announced so they can take part in admission process for engg, pharmacy courses
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Thursday, April 21, 2011 (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/2011042120110421033543134c191584/Early-exam-or-failures-in-1-subject.html)
The state government is trying to engineer a sweet deal for students who fail in one subject in Class 12 Science. Supplementary exams for them are likely to be held within a month so that these students, too, can be included in the merit list for engineering and pharmacy. The decision will be announced on May 12.
Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) along with the Joint Admission Committee for Professional Courses (JAC-PC) are mulling over this issue to ensure that such students do not lose an academic year.
Results for Class 12 Science will be out on May 12. Said a reliable senior GSHSEB official, “Many students are good at studies but fail in one subject due to some reason or another. Usually, the March exam result is declared in June every year while the supplementary exam is conducted in October. This means students are unable to apply for professional courses, losing an academic year. To rectify this, we are thinking of holding supplementary examinations within a month. The results will be declared in a week so that students can participate in admission process for professional courses.”
The official added, “As many as 3,586 science students failed in one subject in 2009 while 4,522 students failed in 2010. If even 80 per cent of these students pass and get 50 per cent marks required for admission to professional courses, then our purpose will be served.”
Confirming the news, JACP-PC member secretary M N Patel said, “Re-exams will be held earlier than usual and results will be announced in time for admission. Generally, when a student, who has not passed the first time, applies for professional courses, we cut a certain percentage before considering him/her for admission. From this year on, this will not happen.”
He added, “Following Gujarat high court order last year, we were forced to admit students who had passed re-examinations. If the supplementary exam is held earlier, the students need not take legal recourse. They can be included in the admission process right at the beginning.”
This decision will benefit engineering and pharmacy colleges greatly as most of them are facing a problem of plenty. Mirror’s report ‘Sale — up to 50 % off’ published on August 19, 2010 stated how colleges that once charged not less than Rs 2 lakh for a management quota seat, are now offering hefty discounts in a desperate race for survival.
Last year, 2,827 seats for degree courses and 3,216 seats for diploma courses in pharmacy were vacant. A pharmacy college in Saurashtra offered the highest discount of 50 per cent to attract students. Some even allowed students to pay in instalments.
Rupesh Vasani, principal of SAL Engineering College, said, “There are 1,500 to 2,000 seats lying vacant in self-financed engineering colleges. Six new engineering colleges are coming up at Siddhpur, Botad, Wadhwan, Kapadvanj, Ankleshwar and Khedbrahma this year. The decision to raise the cut-off percentage for engineering admissions from 35 to 50 means another 8,000 to 10,000 seats would remain unfilled.”
N V Vasani, Director General of Nirma University, said: “The government has also proposed to include five per cent of students from other states to fill up vacant seats. When they are favouring students from other states, how can they ignore kids studying here?”
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) already follows the practice of giving a compartment (C) remark to students failing in one subject. Such students are allowed to appear in an exam for the same subject and on the same hall-ticket, within a month of the declaration of the CBSE results, to ensure that they do not waste a precious year.
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Thursday, April 21, 2011 (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/2/2011042120110421033543134c191584/Early-exam-or-failures-in-1-subject.html)
The state government is trying to engineer a sweet deal for students who fail in one subject in Class 12 Science. Supplementary exams for them are likely to be held within a month so that these students, too, can be included in the merit list for engineering and pharmacy. The decision will be announced on May 12.
Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) along with the Joint Admission Committee for Professional Courses (JAC-PC) are mulling over this issue to ensure that such students do not lose an academic year.
Results for Class 12 Science will be out on May 12. Said a reliable senior GSHSEB official, “Many students are good at studies but fail in one subject due to some reason or another. Usually, the March exam result is declared in June every year while the supplementary exam is conducted in October. This means students are unable to apply for professional courses, losing an academic year. To rectify this, we are thinking of holding supplementary examinations within a month. The results will be declared in a week so that students can participate in admission process for professional courses.”
The official added, “As many as 3,586 science students failed in one subject in 2009 while 4,522 students failed in 2010. If even 80 per cent of these students pass and get 50 per cent marks required for admission to professional courses, then our purpose will be served.”
Confirming the news, JACP-PC member secretary M N Patel said, “Re-exams will be held earlier than usual and results will be announced in time for admission. Generally, when a student, who has not passed the first time, applies for professional courses, we cut a certain percentage before considering him/her for admission. From this year on, this will not happen.”
He added, “Following Gujarat high court order last year, we were forced to admit students who had passed re-examinations. If the supplementary exam is held earlier, the students need not take legal recourse. They can be included in the admission process right at the beginning.”
This decision will benefit engineering and pharmacy colleges greatly as most of them are facing a problem of plenty. Mirror’s report ‘Sale — up to 50 % off’ published on August 19, 2010 stated how colleges that once charged not less than Rs 2 lakh for a management quota seat, are now offering hefty discounts in a desperate race for survival.
Last year, 2,827 seats for degree courses and 3,216 seats for diploma courses in pharmacy were vacant. A pharmacy college in Saurashtra offered the highest discount of 50 per cent to attract students. Some even allowed students to pay in instalments.
Rupesh Vasani, principal of SAL Engineering College, said, “There are 1,500 to 2,000 seats lying vacant in self-financed engineering colleges. Six new engineering colleges are coming up at Siddhpur, Botad, Wadhwan, Kapadvanj, Ankleshwar and Khedbrahma this year. The decision to raise the cut-off percentage for engineering admissions from 35 to 50 means another 8,000 to 10,000 seats would remain unfilled.”
N V Vasani, Director General of Nirma University, said: “The government has also proposed to include five per cent of students from other states to fill up vacant seats. When they are favouring students from other states, how can they ignore kids studying here?”
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) already follows the practice of giving a compartment (C) remark to students failing in one subject. Such students are allowed to appear in an exam for the same subject and on the same hall-ticket, within a month of the declaration of the CBSE results, to ensure that they do not waste a precious year.
