West Bengal schools say no to online exams for IX, XI

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KOLKATA: Schools have received emails and calls from parents, requesting to hold the class IX and XI annual exams online despite on-campus classes re-opening for them. But most schools said since physical classes had reopened for those classes, only offline exams would be held.

Schools also felt many students took unfair means during online exams and kids had lost the habit of writing for two to three hours.

As schools reopened on Friday, about 60 parents of classes IX and XI students at DPS Ruby Park staged a protest. “The school can hold the exams in both modes. We do not want to send our children,” said a parent. But the school pointed out that the majority of parents had agreed to send their kids to school for exams and that CBSE had sent a circular on Thursday, saying exams for IX and XI should be held at school. “We will not hold online exams for IX and XI,” said vice-principal Indrani Chattopadhyay.

St Augustine Barrackpore and Shyamnagar have decided on physical exams for IX and XI, said the head of the institutions, Janet Gasper. Brother Richard Gasper, who heads St Augustine Kolkata school, agreed. . A meeting was held at Heritage School between parents and the administration, where similar requests were made. “We can’t have online exams for some and offline for others,” said principal Seema Sapru.