The Government of Tamil Nadu has decided to reduce the total marks for the class XII exams from 1200 to 600. Apart from this, the State government also decided to introduce board examination for the class XI from the year 2017. The students will be receiving a consolidated mark sheet based on the marks secured in class XI and class XII.
School Education Minister, K.A. Sengottaiyan said that the duration of the examination will be reduced from 3 hours to 2 ½ hours.
“If the student fails to clear all papers in Class XI, he/she can either appear for that paper in the supplementary exams that will be held in June/July that year or along with Class XII exams the following year,” he said.
After a gap of 12 years, a schedule for revising the higher secondary syllabus has been declared. The syllabus for the remaining classes will also be taken up in phases which were lastly revised seven years ago.
The minimum passing mark for the students will be 35% and all practical exams will be held in class XII; there will not be any practical examination conducted for the class XI.
“When appearing for science subjects in Class XI and Class XII exams, the student would have to write the exam for 70 marks (with 10 marks reserved for internal evaluation and another 20 marks reserved for the practical exam). The practical exam for 40 marks would be held for each of the science subjects (20 for Class XI and 20 for Class XII) along with Class XII exams,” School Education Secretary T. Udhayachandran explained.
This is for the second time the government has announced a reform in the examination.
