Board to meet on preponing Std XII exams

PANJIM, NOV 17
The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will soon take up for discussion the matter pertaining to the demand of students to pre-pone Std XII exams so as to allow them more time to prepare for all-India entrance exams.
Secretary Goa Board D R Bhagat said they were seized of the issue and the same would be taken up for discussion by the executive committee of the Board headed by the chairman at the earliest. However, he could not commit on the date when the matter will be discussed.
Parents of the students have approached the Chief Minister with a representation and the latter has replied to them positively. They contend that Goa was the only state where students answering Std XII exams hardly get on an average 10 days time to prepare for national entrance exams like IIT-JEE, AIEEE, BITSET, etc.
They said CBSE students and others from most parts of India have an edge over Goan candidates as they get nearly one-month time to prepare for these exams which open the gates for admissions to the best engineering colleges across the country.
The parents observed Goan students are denied this opportunity to compete with the best on account of the late examination schedule of the Board.