Because the state-wide Periodic Evaluation Check (PAT) is scheduled to start out on Tuesday, query paper of Class 9 Marathi (first language) which is scheduled for April 8 was seen to be out there on-line on April 7, together with solutions, on a YouTube channel. The Maharashtra State Council for Academic Analysis and Coaching (SCERT), which conducts PAT, is within the technique of registering an FIR towards the YouTube channel for the paper-leak.
However SCERT confirmed that the examination will proceed as per schedule with the identical query paper as it isn’t possible now to switch the query papers which have already been reached in faculties throughout the state. Academics, nevertheless, have highlighted that PAT paper leak is just not restricted to Class 9 Marathi paper as few different PAT papers are additionally seen out there on-line. Based on SCERT, they’re now searching for different papers too after figuring out about such claims.
Confirming the paper-leak, director of SCERT Rahul Rekhawar mentioned, “Sure, papers of PAT examination of Class 9 are being proven on some YouTube channels. We’re registering FIR towards them and to shut them down with the assistance of the police division. Examination is not going to be cancelled.” When requested if a special query paper will now be despatched to colleges, Rekhawar mentioned that paper can’t be modified now.
Additional urging social media customers to not bask in such acts for TRP, Rekhawar highlighted that SCERT with assist from police will examine how the YouTube channel obtained the query paper.
The state-wide PAT exams are performed for college students in lessons 1 to 9, with the aim of standardised assessments, notably in government-run and aided faculties. Launched final yr, the exams embrace frequent query papers for topics like English, Arithmetic, and Marathi, supplied by the Maharashtra SCERT. These papers are performed as part of closing exams of faculties. Whereas college students obtain common outcomes from their faculties, their efficiency in these topics is reported to SCERT, which assesses studying outcomes and recommends interventions the place essential.
The PAT exams are marred with controversy this yr. First trigger was the frequent time-table (April 8 to 25) which marked a big change from established observe of concluding closing exams by mid-April. Colleges raised alarm citing considerations that it’ll have an effect on well timed outcomes that are sometimes out by Could 1 after which mother and father begin complaining that this modification will intervene with their summer season plans.
Mahendra Ganpule, former vice chairman of the Maharashtra College Principals’ Affiliation, mentioned, “The SCERT has failed to take care of any confidentiality round PAT papers. There have been reviews that there was discretion throughout transportation of PAT query papers. It’s unlucky that the analysis of scholars on leaked query papers is not going to assist in gauging precise studying outcomes of scholars, which is the essential function of conducting PAT.”
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