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Latest News |
| 24th
January 2010 / Times of India / Mumbai Edition |
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No gaps in SSC, HSC exams give students
sleepless nights
Mumbai: The time-table for the SSC and HSC is adding to
the stress levels of students who are set to appear for
these exams in the next couple of months. There has been
much debate in government circles over the need to create
a level playing field between SSC students and those from
the national boards during college admissions, but the
timetable for the state board exams is far more stressful
and has fewer breaks than the CBSE and ICSE board time-tables.
We have SSC papers for six days at a stretch without any
gap. This gives us little time to revise our subjects.
Because of this I have been very stressed of late, said
a class-X student of a suburban school.
Its even worse for HSC students . Science students, who
have opted for economics instead of mathematics, will
have to appear for the economics paper on the same day
as the biology paper. The portion for economics is vast
whereas for biology, students need to memorise a great
deal of information. There is only a twohour gap between
both papers, said Reema Wadhwa, mother of a class-XII
science student.
Fr Francis Swamy, principal of Holy Family School, Andheri,
and a member of the state board of education, has been
inundated with calls from parents of SSC students, who
complain there is no gap between the Hindi and Marathi
papers, which are on consecutive days. I will raise the
issue at the board level, he said.
State board of education secretary T N Supe, however,
said it was too late to change the timetable now. If people
have a problem with the time-table , they should approach
the board directly , he said.
Educationists associated with the national boards feel
exam time-tables are of paramount importance in ensuring
that children are not stressed. Take, for instance, the
CBSE (class X) timetable , which has gaps of at least
a day between each paper with as much as a four-day break
between some papers. The CBSE time-table gives children
enough time to brush up on each subject. There is no problem
with the CBSE time-table , said Avnita Bir, principal,
R N Podar School (CBSE), Santa Cruz. She, too, feels that
two exams on one day will only add to the stress levels
of stude.
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