Our education minister Mr. Kapil Sibal is considering doing away with the Class 10 Board examination, and setting up an alternative evaluation system based on percentiles, not percentages. Sometime back he was in the news seen batting for a unified board all over India. In fact, he has been in the news almost every week since he became the education minister with his new ideas hitting the headlines.
However it is not very clear what he means by doing away with board exams and setting percentile system and not percentages. If the aim is to reduce the stress and trauma faced by students undertaking, it is very likely that there will be more stress with percentile system as it is a better measure of relative competitiveness.
Anyways, it is better start thinking about these issues rather than do nothing. Lets hope he gets somewhere in reforming the education space in India.
Meanwhile, parents and students are rejoicing over this news.
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