Chennai: Tamilnadu’s State Board of School Examination has announced that three grace marks will be awarded to 12th standard students in Chemistry exam.
Sources said that the marks are being granted as there was a mistake in translation. It is said that students will get the three marks if they had attended that question.
Evaluation of class 12 public exam answer papers, which got delayed due to Covid-19 induced lockdown, commenced across Tamilnadu, except Chennai, from Wednesday.
According to sources, more than 40,000 teachers are involved in the evaluation work in 202 centres across the State. The process will go on till 9 June, it is learnt.
As per a a government order, the Director of School Education S. Kannappan has asked all Chief Educational Officers to ensure that the guidelines specified are strictly adhered to.
Every evaluation room will have not more than eight people which includes one chief examiner, one officer for scrutiny and six assistant examiners.