Summary
The state higher secondary council will transfer marks from the candidate’s top score in another compulsory subject to the one in which he or she failed and help the candidate get the pass marks
A student in Bengal’s plus-II segmented course need not write a supplementary exam if he or she fails to obtain the pass marks (30 per cent) in any of the compulsory subjects in the second and fourth semesters by 5 per cent or less.
The state higher secondary council will transfer marks from the candidate’s top score in another compulsory subject to the one in which he or she failed and help the candidate get the pass marks.
In the new plus-II course, a student must have five compulsory subjects, including two language papers (vernacular and English). The students must pass in the language papers.
A council official said a student will have to write the supplementary exam if:
- The candidate fails in any of the language papers
- The candidate fails to obtain the pass marks in any of the other three compulsory subjects by more than 5 per cent
- The candidate fails in more than one compulsory subject
The transfer of marks will be applicable to the three subjects, other than the language papers.
The exam regulations the council published on Thursday said: “If a candidate fails to obtain pass marks in any of the compulsory subjects for the reasons of deficiency of five or less than five per cent of full marks, he or she, to make up the deficiency in the compulsory subject, shall be given credit by transfer of marks from the highest marks obtained by him or her in a compulsory subject.”
Full marks mean the marks in a theory paper in the two semesters put together.
Council secretary Priyadarshini Mallick told Metro that this facility will be offered in the even semesters (second and fourth).
How will the grafting of marks take place?
Council president Chiranjeeb Bhattacharya said: “For instance, a candidate has scored 16 out of 70 in the theory part of a lab-based subject like physics in the two semesters put together. The pass mark is 30 per cent, which is 21. In such a situation, if it is found that the candidate has scored, say 60 in chemistry (the highest among the three science subjects), then five marks will be deducted from 60 and transferred to physics.”
“This way, the candidate will earn pass marks in a subject he or she failed and won’t have to write any supplementary exam,” he said.
The same benefit will be available in the fourth semester (for Class XII).
The exam rules of the council say that a student who is unable to clear any of the subjects in semester I, will be allowed to appear for a supplementary exam along with the semester II exam in the same year.
Similarly, a student who is unable to clear any of the subjects in semester III will be allowed to write a supplementary exam along with the semester IV exam.
Last updated on 20 Apr 2024
