The reduction in the number of examination papers from eleven to six for the Class X examination is not a well thought-out move, feel students, parents and teachers. The reason for their apprehension? The entire syllabus will now have to be covered for each exam, unlike earlier where the syllabus would be divided into two exam papers. The total time available for preparation has now been halved, rue students.
Earlier, except for Hindi, all other subjects namely Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, English, and Telugu had two papers each, thus dividing the total number of topics in each subject into two question papers of 50 marks each. This gave students ample time to prepare for the exams as they did not have to study all of the topics in one go.
Now, under the new system, the syllabus remains the same while the number of papers have been reduced, resulting in students needing to answer questions in 18 hours instead of the 33 hours earlier. For answering questions valued at 100 marks they used to get six hours, which they now need to answer in three hours. This puts a lot of pressure on average and below-average students, points out Dudekula Siddaiah, a teacher from Anantapur.
