II PU repeaters to be promoted with out exams, Karnataka govt tells HC

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Written by Ralph Alex Arkal | Bangalore (Karnataka) |

July 5, 2021 3:59:38 PM

Putting an finish to the speculations on the way forward for college students enrolled as repeaters, together with those that appeared as personal candidates for Pre-University (equal to II PU Class 12) this yr in Karnataka, the state authorities has determined to advertise them with out examinations. has determined.

The state authorities in a disclosure to the Karnataka High Court on Monday mentioned that grace marks can be added to the marks of such college students within the first try made for every topic. The authorities has determined to offer 35 % grace marks to the candidates who will repeat the board examination. More than 76,000 candidates who’ve registered for the examination this yr fall below this class.

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The assertion submitted to a division bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Hanchate Sanjeevakumar mentioned that personal candidates showing for the second PU examination for the primary time can be requested to seem for the examination to be held after the development within the scenario of COVID-19. . within the state.

Apart from this, the federal government additionally revealed its analysis course of for normal college students who had been declared as promoted earlier this yr. The combination marks for every such scholar for II PU can be calculated contemplating 45 per cent from the marks obtained for SSLC (Class 10), 45 per cent from I PU marks and 10 per cent from the inner evaluation marks of II PU.

Earlier, on June 17, the Bench had directed the federal government to not declare II PUs till an skilled committee submitted recommendations which may very well be applied to advertise repeat college students. The HC was listening to a PIL filed by SV Singare Gowda, managing trustee of the Gyan Mandir Education Trust in Bengaluru. The petitioner had contended that the transfer by the federal government to conduct examinations just for repeaters and personal candidates, whereas common college students had been promoted with out examination, was discriminatory in nature.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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