The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC), which conducts the Class XII (higher secondary) board examination in the state, said it will follow CBSE pattern of evaluation to help its students score more marks.
“We will be following CBSE style of evaluation so that our students get more marks,” said council chairman Dayananda Borgohain on Monday.
Many guardians accuse the council of not being liberal in giving marks to students which allegedly deprives the students of getting admission in reputed educational institutions of the country.
This year, arts topper under CBSE secured 95.6 per cent which was less than the first cut off list of many colleges under Delhi University. For example, cut-off marks for economics major in Hans Raj College and Hindu College was 98.50 per cent.
The Class XII examination will begin from Wednesday where 2,34,809 students — 1,75,175 in arts, 40,588 in science, 18,178 in commerce and 868 in vocational — will appear.
Borgohain said fewer number of students in vocational stream is a “bad” sign and they are taking measures to increase the number.
The examination will be held in 772 centres. In addition to that, Borgohain said there will be 20 “venues” where students from educational institutions from far-flung areas with high number of girl students will be felicitated to sit for the examination.
Borgohain said CCTV will be used in the examination centres and jammers will be deployed in 23 centres identified as “sensitive”. There will be 40 observers and 850 supervising officers. He said except the in-charge of an examination centre no one will be allowed to bring mobile phones to the examination centres. The council has banned use of Android or smartwatches in examination centres and instructed the centres to hang wall clocks in the examination halls.
The council from last year constituted a cyber cell under a retired superintendent of police. “We have formed a committee which has been monitoring the situation of the districts and taking measures so that question papers are not leaked,” he said.
Borgohain said they requested the government to impose CrPC 144 at the examination centres to check entry of guardians.