Karnataka governor asks State government to “re-examine” switch from marks to grades for third language in SSLC

The Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has called for a broad introspection of concerns implicit the State government’s determination to grant lone grades, without marks, for the 3rd language successful the SSLC examination, pursuing a practice highlighting its imaginable interaction connected world engagement and linguistic diversity.

In a connection to authorities Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, Secretary to Governor R. Prabhu Shankar forwarded a practice submitted by the Association for Preservation of Local Languages, Bengaluru, which raised apprehensions astir the policy’s implications for students, teachers and the broader acquisition system.

“I americium directed to guardant herewith a transcript of a practice submitted by the Association for Preservation of Local Languages, Bengaluru, which has been addressed to the Governor of Karnataka, concerning the caller determination to grant lone grades, without including marks, for the 3rd connection successful the SSLC examination,” the missive stated.

The practice underscored the value of the 3rd connection successful promoting linguistic diversity, consciousness and intelligence improvement among students, portion cautioning that a displacement to a grading-only strategy whitethorn inadvertently diminish the world value of the taxable and impact students’ information to prosecute earnestly with it.

It further reflected concerns among teachers, parents and educationists regarding the semipermanent implications of the determination connected the prime and inclusiveness of schoolhouse acquisition successful the state.

“The Governor has taken enactment of the issues raised successful the practice and desired that the substance beryllium examined comprehensively, keeping successful presumption its world and administrative aspects crossed the acquisition sector,” the connection said.

The Chief Secretary has been requested to analyse the substance successful consultation with the Department of School Education and different acrophobic authorities and “take specified enactment arsenic deemed due successful the larger involvement of students and the State’s acquisition objectives,” it added.