The State government has issued a circular that the first-term (Onam) examination of Plus Two higher secondary students should be conducted from September 4 to 12 by preparing the question papers at the school level.
Schools in the disaster-hit area of Wayanad district need not conduct the first-term examinations. There will be no Onam examinations for Plus One higher secondary students in the State either.
The circular has been issued amid demands that question papers for higher secondary students be prepared at the government level as was being done for classes I to X.
Lobby
Handing over preparation of question papers to schools would pave the way for the private question paper lobby to boost their business.
Teachers’ organisations, including the All Kerala School Teachers’ Union, argued that providing a uniform question paper for the first-term examinations will be helpful for Plus Two students who were to appear for public examinations later in the year.
The department, the…