Students from classes four to nine in government and aided schools, who will write their first summative assessment next month, will no longer have to write down their name and roll number on the optical mark recognition (OMR) sheet.
- Dates: Nov. 3 and 4
- Of the 24 questions per subject, 18 will be multiple-choice questions
- Students from classes four and five will have to prepare for two languages and two subjects
- Students from classes six to nine will be tested in three languages and three subjects
- There will be a mock test on October 31
This is the first time the Department of Primary and Secondary Education will be using OMR technology for the assessment, which will be considered as the State Achievement Survey (SAS).
P.C. Jaffer, Commissioner for Public Instruction, said the OMR sheets would have details of the students printed on them, which will make evaluation quicker and easier. All details of the student, including the medium of instruction and subjects, will be obtained from the Student Achievement Tracking System. “We want to use a technology-driven system for better management of the sector so that things are faster,” he said.
Testing will be done based on the learning outcomes of the students. The paper will be set at the State level, and will be scanned at the district level.
Each student will sit for two papers — one will encompass languages and the other, all the core subjects. Of the 24 questions per subject, 18 will be multiple-choice questions, while the remaining will be descriptive questions where students have to write two lines. Students in classes four and five will have to answer questions for two languages and two subjects, and those from classes six to nine will be tested in three languages and three subjects.
As many as 38 lakh students will write the exam, to be conducted on November 3 and 4, which will be preceded by a mock exam on October 31.
Last year, the department conducted the exam for classes four and six, which was part of the second summative assessment.
