Polytechnic admissions through Class IX marks

Admission to the primary yr of the polytechnic programs on the 51 government-run schools will likely be based mostly on the Class IX annual examination marks, Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudi mentioned on Saturday. The college students will likely be admitted based mostly on the identical norms as for Class XI. Those who handed Class X final yr will likely be admitted based mostly on their Class X marks.

Normally, admissions are finished through scores obtained by college students within the Class X public examinations. But these exams have been cancelled this yr owing to the pandemic. The authorities cancelled the exams for Classes X, XI and XII this yr. Lateral admission to the second yr of the polytechnic programs can be based mostly on the award of marks in Classes XI and XII, officers mentioned.

However, faculty lecturers mentioned Class IX college students didn’t take the annual exams as the federal government declared all of them promoted within the tutorial yr 2020-21. This yr, too, the federal government exempted college students from the Class X board exams.

Polytechnic lecturers mentioned that within the tutorial yr 2020-21, college students have been admitted based mostly on the mark sheet submitted by the School Education Department. “The Department had prepared a mark sheet based on their performance in the quarterly, half-yearly and monthly tests. We don’t know on what basis they will prepare the mark sheet this time,” mentioned the principal of a authorities polytechnic school.

The guidelines to look for the arrears exams in polytechnic schools will likely be much like these of Anna University. The college students who’ve arrears within the sixth, seventh and eighth semesters will likely be allowed to write down the exams at one stretch. Until now, college students have been allowed to bunch their arrears examinations in a gaggle of 4 semesters. A scholar who had arrears within the sixth, seventh and eighth semesters needed to wait after taking over the sixth semester arrears exams earlier than he may write the seventh and eighth semester arrears exams.

The Higher Education Department has finished away with this ready interval. Students can take the sixth, seventh and eighth semester arrears exams in a single go. If college students wished to look for the re-exams, they have been anticipated to pay for all of the papers even when they needed to write the arrears exams for only one paper in a semester. Also, college students have been anticipated to pay ₹750 in charges for every paper through the grace interval given to finish the course. These guidelines have been allotted with, and now college students must pay simply ₹750 for the grace interval, in addition to ₹65 for every arrears paper.

The authorities plans to type a panel below an IAS officer to inquire into irregularities in appointments at Madurai Kamaraj University, Periyar University and Annamalai University, Mr. Ponmudi mentioned.