Some examinations are continuing to take place. In the United Kingdom, sixth-year medical school students have just taken their exams online for the first time. Students had three hours to answer 150 questions, so although the exam was in “open book” format, it was presumably impossible to do well by searching for information online without having sufficient knowledge of the subject matter. Advanced Placement (AP) exams, which measure students’ mastery of content and skills in a specific subject and are used to obtain college credit in the United States, will be administered online this year in free-response format, with resources provided to students and administrators online.
The CXC high school exams in the Caribbean are expected to be implemented in modified online and offline formats, with multiple choice assessments plus school-based assessments to determine final grades.
The schools in West Bengal affiliated with the state board will include topics on the novel coronavirus or Covid-19 from the 2021-22 academic session. A text regarding the pandemic and its effects will be a part of the syllabus for each class beginning from Class I to Class X. The initiative has been taken to make kids aware about the global threat and help them take adequate precautions. “It is a pandemic and the whole world is under threat, thus a student must know the story of this disease and understand the crisis which is being faced by the world,” said chairman of the syllabus reform committee, Avik Mazumdar. Sources said education minister Partha Chatterjee advised the committee to introduce a chapter on the topic since the disease has struck the masses, including children. “The state government wants students to be prepared and know how they will have to lead a life in the time of coronavirus,” said a source. Initial discussions have taken place in the school education department on what should be the content of the curriculum.
Matter of postponing the decision to start secondary and higher secondary schools.
