Vikash Sharma

The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha on Friday announced that the results of the annual Plus II examinations will be declared by August second week.

In a release, the CHSE said that a well-defined objective criteria for alternative assessment of the examinees of annual Higher Secondary Examination, 2021 has been finalised.

Earlier, the Plus II examinations were cancelled by the Odisha government in view of the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic situation and keeping the possible health and safety concerns of students and teachers in mind.

"CHSE has finalised the evaluation critieria and it has been announced today. The students, who will not be satisfied with the result, they can adopt to appear the examination in the off-line mode which will be conducted when the situation will be conducive," said School and Mass Education Minister, Samir Ranjan Dash.

Subsequently, an Expert Committee was constituted by the CHSE following instructions of the State government to suggest objective type criteria for alternative assessment of the examinees.

Based on the recommendations of the Committee, the following modalities will be followed for processing of results of the Examination:

-Scores will be awarded to the Regular Examinees in Theory Papers/Theory Components of papers on the basis of the performance of the examinee in the 10th Board Examination. For this purpose a detailed subject mapping has been prepared.

-Scores in Theory Papers for Ex-Regular Examinees will be awarded on the basis of their performance in the previous CHSE Examination which they had appeared.

-Scores will be awarded in the Practical/Project Component of a paper both for Regular and Ex-Regular Examinees at their Higher Secondary School level. The Scores awarded at the H.S. School level will be scrutinized and moderated.

-An examinee not satisfied with the result declared on the basis of Alternative Assessment Criteria, can opt to appear the examination in the off-line mode which will be conducted when the situation will be conducive.

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