SSLC examination: One student per desk, COVID-19 students too can sit

While the dates of the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) are but to be introduced, the federal government on Wednesday issued detailed Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) on the conduct of the examination. Each classroom in a centre will seat solely 12 students with one candidate per desk.

Along with thermal screening, students may even have their blood oxygen ranges examined with the assistance of oximeters. Only if their saturation degree is above 94, will they be allowed to look for the examination, acknowledged the protocols issued by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).

In a major transfer, students who’ve examined constructive can seem for the examination at COVID Care Centres recognized by the division. They shall be offered transportation to succeed in the centre in 108 ambulances and should put on N 95 masks.

Last yr, these examined constructive for COVID-19 weren’t allowed to look for the examination and had been requested to take the supplementary examination. In the supplementary examination, nonetheless, these examined constructive had been allowed to put in writing the examination.

Students who’re symptomatic and couldn’t sit for the principle examination, could be allowed to put in writing the supplementary examination. The division acknowledged that their supplementary examination corridor tickets could be thought-about as their first try.

The SOP, which was finalised by the State Technical Advisory Committee on COVID-19, additionally acknowledged that educating and non-teaching employees who had been concerned in examination responsibility ought to have had a minimum of one dose of vaccination.

In a press launch, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar stated that the SOP had been despatched to all examination centres. “It has been mentioned in the SOP that all staff involved in examination work should be vaccinated with the support from district authority,” he said. The Minister will hold a video conference with district authorities, CEOs of Zilla Panchayat, Superintendent of Police, District health officers and treasury officers about the smooth conduct of SSLC examinations.

Masks

Health experts have recommended that students who are not positive and do not have any COVID-19-like symptoms can wear a cloth mask for the SSLC examination.

This recommendation has been made as students may find it difficult to wear the N95 mask for the entire duration of the exam.

“Only those who are tested positive, who have symptoms, and invigilators have been asked to wear an N95 mask continuously,” sources within the division stated.