Board of Secondary Education Manipur (BOSEM) has introduced special provision for sports students in order to promote sports activities among students and encourage participation in the national and international arena.
Secretary of BOSEM, Akham Joykumar, made the declaration during a press conference held at the conference hall of BOSEM on Sunday.
He said BOSEM will be conducting a ‘Special Examination’ for students who missed the HSLC Examination while participating at the national/international level tournaments/ competitions.
For intending candidates of the board exam, in exceptional circumstances where students have to participate in sports events at the National/International Level as a state representative, such students whose attendance is below 65 per cent in Class-X and intending to appear for the Board’s Examination as the case may be shall be considered for condonation of shortage of attendance by the Chairman, BOSEM only. But in case, the attendance shall not be below 50 per cent.
He further said that if the student’s participation in National/International Sports’ events coincides with the Board’s H.S.L.C. Examination. BOSEM shall conduct a Separate/Special Examination for such students at an appropriate date after the conduct of main examinations as a one-time arrangement. The provision will be applicable for those students who apply/submit the Individual Application Form (IAF) to the Board to appear for the HSLC Examination of that particular year. The provision for filling up of the form is available for all students in the Board’s website: portals.bosem.in, said the secretary.
Besides, Joykumar said the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, envisages assessment to be student friendly and greater flexibility in order to give more opportunities for the students to improve their performance in the examination. In this regard, the Board has revised its existing Rules & Regulations as per examination by-laws of the Board to align with NEP 2020 recommendations by incorporating new provisions in the conduct of examinations to make the assessment more students’ friendly.
For improvement of performance among students the conduct of examination for improvement of performance in three or less Subject(s) in the same year will be introduced w.e.f. 2024 for HSLC Examination passed candidates with a view to help students to improve and pursue courses of their choice in line with the vision of NEP, 2020. This will facilitate students to improve their grades or marks to pursue higher education with their choice of Subjects, the secretary said.
A successful candidate at the HSLC Examination, desirous to improving his/her performance, is given one chance in June/July of the same year to appear in three or less Subjects. This provision will also help students to have the best of the Examination option as envisioned in NEP, 2020, he added.
Under this provision of “HSLC improvement examination”, the candidate who qualified in some Subjects but not qualified in one or two Subjects in the main HSLC Examination will be given an opportunity to reappear in the said Examination in the line with NEP, 2020 so that they can pursue further studies, other courses etc. in the same year without confiscating their career.
