Karnataka SSLC exams to begin from June 21

Karnataka Primary & Secondary Education Minister S Sureshkumar on Monday said that the SSLC examinations would be held from June 21 till July 5.

Announcing the time-table in Dharwad on Monday, the minister said that the government had announced a temporary date to hold the exam and had invited objections from the public. As the one-month time to raise objections and also to give suggestions ended on February 26, the department has decided to hold the SSLC examination from June 21.

The time-table is as follows: June 21-first language (Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, English and Sanskrit), June 24-Mathematics, June 28- Science, June 30- third language (Hindi, Kannada, English, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Sanskrit, Konkani and Tulu), July 2-Second language (English, Kannada), and on June 5-Social Studies.

This time the examination will be different since the syllabus had to be shrunk as the schools could not be opened till January. To see that no pressure is mounted on students and simultaneously to ensure that the students are not deprived of knowledge, the chapters which are not linked to PUC first year have been dropped from the syllabus, the minister said.

To conduct the examination and improve the passing percentage, headmasters workshop will be held in every district and best practices will be adopted, said Sureshkumar.

On starting schools from first standard till fifth standard, the minister said that if everything had gone right, the primary schools should have started today. But, including Karnataka, there is a surge in Covid-19 positive cases in six other states. Thereby, the department has decided to take a final call in the next seven days on starting classes of first standard to fifth standard after consultation with the Health Department.

The minister further added that the academic year 2021-22 will begin from July 15.