Secondary Education Board of Assam revamps exam, result pattern

In the lines of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the Board of Secondary Examination, Assam (SEBA) has also decided to change the evaluation pattern and for that, special workshop will be conducted by the officials of SEBA and CBSE soon.

Education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said SEBA officials will have to undertake a special training on evaluation in the CBSE pattern.

"It is always said that the evaluation pattern of CBSE is better, so from now on, we will hold a special workshop for the officials of both SEBA and CBSE so that the officials can learn the evaluation pattern," he said.

Besides that, two different sets of question papers will be set for each subject so that if there is an emergency situation, the second set of question paper can be issued. "This time, we faced a situation where the question paper had to be changed and so it took a lot of time to bring out a fresh set of question papers. So, we will have two sets of question papers from now on so that emergency situations can be taken care of without any hiccups," he said.

The minister said there will also be a change in the result pattern. From this time, the results will be declared on the website and will also be available on SMS.

"The results will be declared on the website and on the day the results are out, the SEBA chairman will name a list of students who secure a good position in the exam in a special press meet," he said.

The minister also stated that NCERT prescribed books will be followed for science and maths in class 9 from now on. Close circuit TV cameras (CCTV) are likely to be installed in the examination centres to ensure that cheating and other malpractices are curbed during the examination.

"We will either install CCTV camera or do a video recording in all the examination centres like we did for the Combined Entrance Examination (CEE) this time to curb cheating and other malpractices," he said.