Online SSLC remedial classes

Mangaluru: The school education and literacy department in Dakshina Kannada (DK), which climbed to the top in SSLC results, is leaving no stone unturned to further enhance its pass percentage. It is considering offering online remedial classes for candidates who did not complete their SSLC-1 exam on the first attempt.

The SSLC-2 exam for those candidates who did not complete their SSLC and those who passed and wish to further enhance their marks will commence on May 26. It secured an overall pass percentage of 91.1%.

Govinda Madivala said that a meeting was held on Tuesday with BEOs, and they decided to hold online classes for those candidates preparing for the SSLC exam-2. A total 8% of candidates are yet to clear the SSLC exam in DK this academic year.

During the meeting, officials explored various ways to conduct remedial classes for students who failed to clear the exam. There was a suggestion for regular classes. However, it was opposed since each high school has single-digit candidates who didn't clear the SSLC exam. Keeping in mind safety, convenience, summer holidays and ongoing census work, it would be difficult to hold remedial classes. The second suggestion was to hold online classes by teachers, and it was approved. "The officials found that online classes are ideal, since one can access them by sitting anywhere. We will hold them individually or by bringing all students together," he said.

Besides online classes, Madivala shared that Vijayibhava, a question paper bank prepared and circulated months before the SSLC exam, had about 80% of the questions that appeared in the SSLC. "We will again circulate it among the candidates. It is material that has crisp answers to the questions," he said.

There is also a plan to conduct cluster-level mass classes a few days before the examination. "It will be conducted subject-wise since candidates have not been able to clear a few subjects only," he said.

The department planned a similar exercise last academic year as well; however, it was a regular offline class, and was met with strong opposition from teachers. The reason was that it was planned during summer holidays.