The Maharashtra Education Department is looking to make changes to the assessment pattern so as to reduce the amount of stress faced by students of First-Year Junior College (FYJC). State Education Minister, Varsha Gaikwad said that since the start of the academic year for FYJC students has been delayed this year, the government is keen on relaxing some of the workload, particularly assessments.
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Gaikwad said that a proposal to only include a limited syllabus for examinations is being discussed. “We realise that colleges have very little time to complete the syllabus, and students too have barely any time to prepare for exams. While we already have reduced the syllabus by 25%, we are now planning to tweak the assessment pattern for these students,” the education minister said.
On the other hand, Gaikwad also asked the colleges to complete the current syllabus, though students are probably going to be evaluated on limited metrics. “We are thinking of options like continuous comprehensive evaluation or keeping only a limited part of the syllabus for exams,” Gaikwad added.
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Wednesday, December 9 was the deadline to finish the FYJC admissions as per the second merit list which was published on Dec 5. The minister also said that colleges can resume their online classes whenever possible. Meanwhile, in rural regions where schools and colleges are allowed to reopen, physical classes can be conducted as long as the existing guidelines and norms are followed, she said.
Following the interim stay on the Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) or Maratha quota in jobs and education ordered by the Supreme Court, the State Government halted the admissions process for FYJC until further orders. This meant that the second merit list for admissions was not released on September 10, leaving more than 2.4 lakh students from the metropolitan region in a state of limbo.
The state government has said that admissions to all courses will be undertaken without the 12% SEBC quota. However, the government clarified that any admissions provided under the SEBC quota prior to September 9 will be unaffected.
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