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The General Education section has revised the grace marks fixed to students appearing for SSLC, higher secondary, and vocational higher secondary examinations. In an bid issued precocious by the department, grace marks person been fixed for the subject mag contest, which has been been detached from the Sasthrotsavam (science festival). The apical 3 winners volition get 20, 15, and 10 arsenic grace marks. At the aforesaid time, grace marks allowed for the State-level Bhaskaracharya seminar person been removed.
It has besides been decided to let grace marks for 19 on-the-spot events astatine the School Skill Festival (earlier vocational expo). The archetypal 3 winners volition get 20, 15, and 10 arsenic grace marks.
The School Social Service Scheme and the State-level winners of the Young Innovators Programme (YIP) Sasthrapadham volition besides beryllium awarded grace marks. Under the School Social Service Scheme, 25, 15, and 10 marks volition beryllium fixed arsenic grace marks, portion YIP Sasthrapadham volition fetch students 10 marks.
However, the bid does not notation immoderate grace marks for reading. Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty had announced that grace marks would beryllium awarded for paper and publication reading. Officials said reading-related activities to beryllium taken up by students successful bid for them to get grace marks had not been finalised, though discussions had been held successful this connection. Once these are determined, grace marks could beryllium awarded.
The officials expressed optimism that grace marks for speechmaking would beryllium introduced successful the adjacent world year.
