Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Apr 20: State primary and secondary education minister S Suresh Kumar, said that notice will be served on the officer who expressed the view that it would be in the best interests of everyone to arrive at the results of SSLC students by giving them grading on the basis of the examinations which were conducted during this year.
Additional commissioner of Dharawad division Maj Siddalingaiah S Hiremath, who conducted a meeting of education department officials, had said that the meeting came to the conclusion that a recommendation should be sent to the secretary in the department of primary and secondary education, seeking to arrive at the results of the SSLC students pertaining to the year 2019-20 by arriving at grading on the basis different examinations held during the year. The minister proposes to serve notice to Hiremath for this comment.
S Suresh Kumar
The officer, who had held a meeting with officials of the education department on the issue of holding SSLC examination, had noted that Dharwad division has 2.6 lac SSLC students spread over more than 700k examination centres. He had said that it is impossible to maintain social distance between students during transportation and it is also hard to increase the number of examination centres. Therefore, the meeting chaired by him had come to the conclusion that it would be apt to arrive at the result of the children through the grading system.
The minster has taken serious note of the fact that copies of the said decision had been circulated through websites. The minister is of the view that this issue is beyond the jurisdiction of the additional commissioner and that the officer is expected to implement the policies of the government. He also is outraged at the fact that the additional commissioner held a meeting and got the decision passed, even though he is not expected to do so. Suresh Kumar said that the decision taken at the meeting convened by the additional commissioner need not be given much importance and that it has been decided to serve notice to the officer as he held the meeting in transgression of his jurisdiction.