Odisha govt implements fail system for Classes 5th & 8th year exams

The Odisha government has come up with a fail system for classes 5 and 8 annual exams from the ongoing academic year. To make this decision work, the government has modified the Odisha Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010. Regular tests will be conducted at the end of every academic year for these classes under the new system.

 

Failed students will be given special coaching and a chance to re-appear for the test in two months from the declaration of the result, according to a notification issued by the School and Mass Education Department.

 

"All students of Class V and Class VIII will now have to appear for annual examinations. If a child fails in these examinations, he/she will be provided additional instruction and an opportunity for re-examination within two months of result declaration," read the notification.

 

"If the child who is being produced for re-examination.does not meet the promotion criteria again, he/she will be retained in fifth class or eighth class, as the case may be," the notification stated.

 

The directive mentions that no student will be dismissed from school till they complete their primary education.

 

In December of last year, the Government of India modified the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act of 2010 (RTE Act 2010). The changes allow the states to administer periodic examinations to students of classes 5 and 8, and to retain students who fail. These amendments were effected five years since the RTE Act was last modified in 2019.

 

While this, The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, on 2 May announced exam results for class 10 in the academic year 2024-25.

 

This year, 9,031 schools took part in the Odisha Class 10 examinations. Out of 5,12,438 students who were enrolled, 8,436 students failed to report for the exams and 5,04,002 students took the exams. One student's result was withheld and 170 students were charged with malpractice. 4,85,240 students passed their Odisha Madhyma exam successfully, leaving the overall pass percentage at 94.69%.

 

3,272 schools have attained 100% results this year, indicating that all students from these schools have passed the Class 10 exam.