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MSBSHSE will conduct scholarship exams in offline mode for Classes 5 and 8 on August 12
PUNE: The Bombay High Court (HC) on Tuesday cancelled the Maharashtra government’s Common Entrance Test (CET) for admissions to Class 11, ruling that the offline exam would pose a threat to the lives of students in light of the covid-19 pandemic
PUNE: The Bombay High Court (HC) on Tuesday cancelled the Maharashtra government’s Common Entrance Test (CET) for admissions to Class 11, ruling that the offline exam would pose a threat to the lives of students in light of the covid-19 pandemic. The HC bench in its order said, “If the CET is allowed to be held, then a large number of students will be exposed and will face a threat to life. This will have a cascading effect.”
However, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) will conduct scholarship exams in the offline mode for Classes 5 and 8 on August 12. As per the MSBSHSE, over 6 lakh students from across the state are expected to appear for the scholarship examination. As per data furnished by the board, the highest number of students namely, 52,268 are appearing for the exam from the Pune district alone; followed by 46,043 students from the Ahmednagar district; more than 32,000 students from Nashik and Kolhapur; and more than 23,000 students from Solapur, Satara, Sangli and Aurangabad.
Jyoti Waghmare, whose son is appearing for the offline exam for Class 5 scheduled on August 12, expressed the view that the exam should be conducted online for the safety of students. “Why are there two different decisions with respect to the offline exam? When the CET, Class 10 and Class 12 board exams, and all offline exams have been cancelled, why is the scholarship exam being held offline? It is not safe for children to appear for offline exams during the pandemic,” said Waghmare.
T N Supe, divisional chairman of the MSBSHSE, cleared the air that the school-centres where the exam is going to be conducted have been instructed to follow all covid-19 norms to ensure that the students are safe. “The schools have been directed to sanitise the classrooms where the students will appear for the exam. Moreover, all students will be screened for temperature. Wearing masks is a must for the exam. Parents, students and teachers have been advised to avoid crowding outside the centres. All centres have been directed to take necessary covid-appropriate steps to ensure that the children are safe,” said Supe. So far, the scholarship exam has been postponed at least six times, he added.
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Total students in Maharashtra appearing for Class 5 and Class 8 scholarship – 632,665
Total centres in Maharashtra — 5,687
Total students appearing for Class 5 scholarship exam – 388,405
Total centres for Class 5 scholarship exam – 3,394
Total students appearing for Class 8 scholarship exam – 244,260
Total centres for Class 8 scholarship exam – 2,293
Source: MSBSHSE
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Headline--Offline scholarship exam to be held on August 12
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Pune: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday cancelled the Maharashtra government’s Common Entrance Test (CET) for Class 11 admissions. However, on August 12, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) will hold scholarship exams for class 5 and 8 in offline mode on August 12.
For the scholarship examination, as per the board, over 6 lakh students from across the State are expected to appear for the examination. The Pune division has over 52,000 students appearing for the exam scheduled on Thursday.
Bombay HC in its judgement on Tuesday said that offline examination would be a threat to the lives of students, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking about the exam, Jyoti Waghmare, whose son will be appearing for the offline examination for class 5 scheduled on August 12 said that the exam should be conducted online for the safety of the students.
“Why are there two different decisions with respect to the offline examinations. CET, class 10 board, class 12 board, all offline exams were cancelled then why is the scholarship exam being held offline. Is it not safe for children to appear for online examination during the pandemic,” questioned Waghmare.
As per the data furnished by the Board, the highest number of students, that is 52,268 students will be appearing from the Pune district. The second highest are from Ahmednagar district wherein 46,043 students will be appearing for the exam. Nashik and Kolhapur District have over 32,000 students registered for this exam. And Solapur, Satara , Sangli and Aurangabad have over 23,000 students registered in each district.
Speaking about the preparation at centers, T N Supe, divisional chairman of MSBSHSE said that schools are instructed to follow all covid norms to ensure that students are safe.
“The schools are directed to sanitise classrooms where the students will appear for the exam. Moreover, all students will be screened for temperature. And wearing masks is a must for the exam. Parents, students and teachers are advised to avoid crowding outside the center. All centers are directed to take necessary covid appropriate steps to ensure the safety of the children,” said Supe.
He added that so far due to the pandemic, the scholarship exam has been postponed at least six times.
After cancelling the class 11 CET, the high court bench in its order said, “If the CET is allowed to be held, then a large number of students would be exposed and would face a threat to life. This would have a cascading effect.”
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Total students in Maharashtra appearing for class 5 and class 8 scholarship-- 632665
Total centers in Maharashtra--5687
Total students for class 5 appearing for the exam-- 388405
Total centers for class 5 scholarship exam--3394
Total students for class 8 appearing for the exam-- 244260
Total centers for class 8 scholarship exam--2293
Source: MSBSHSE
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