PANAJI
The Directorate of Education (DoE) on Friday announced implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 for Class VI and X from the coming academic year 2025-26.
While a semester pattern of two examinations will be followed for the students of Class VI, the students of grade X will go through the annual Board examination
In a circular issued, Director Education Shailesh Zingade said that while Grade VI student will have nine subjects with new textbooks to be introduced in all the curricular areas, the Class X and IX will continue with ten subjects.
“It is decided by the government to implement NEP 2020 at Middle Stage (Grade 6) and Grade 10 of secondary stage in the year 2025-26,” Zingade said, adding both the grades will have 1200 instructional hours and 48 periods.
Zingade said that the medium of instruction for grade 6-12 will be English; however, relaxation will be given to the existing recognized schools having other medium of instruction. The department has assured to provide additional teachers for an increase of workload.
While two competency-based MCQ type semester examinations of 50 marks will be held with common paper to be set by the State Council of Education, Research and Training (SCERT) for Class VI, the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) will conduct the examination for class X.
For Class VI, the assessment will comprise of two components -- internal comprising activities, assignments, projects, etc and external component of theory. The internal component will be entirely assessed using the assessment rubrics.
“The external component in the curricular areas such as languages, mathematics, science and social sciences will comprise of two competency based MCQ type semester examination of 50 marks each whereas for skill-based curricular areas such as vocational education will have two MCQ exams of 30 marks theory and 20 marks practical each.
“The evaluation of answer papers and result preparation will have to be done by the schools,” Zingade said.
As far as Class X is concerned, the department said that the students will have an annual examination pattern with 80 per cent weightage to theory and 20 per cent to practical.
“There will be separate passing in both the components for five curricular areas that is languages, mathematics, science and social science,” Zingade said while maintaining that for the skull based curricular areas like inter disciplinary areas, art education, physical education and wellbeing and vocational, there will be combined passing.
