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Students take the e-route to questions

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As the countdown to the higher secondary examinations begins, candidates are flocking to a little known education portal launched by the directorate a few years ago.

The portal, dhsekerala.gov.in, with an exhaustive pool of questions covering 25 ‘major’ subjects including English, Malayalam, Chemistry, Physics, Economics and Mathematics have attracted a steady stream of student visitors. The question bank was included last month.

“We launched such a facility for the first time and the response has been overwhelming,” said B.K. Vijayan, joint director, Directorate of Higher Secondary Education and secretary, Board of Higher Secondary Examinations.

“Every day we get e-mails from students asking us to expand the bank by including questions on more subjects,” said Mr. Vijayan.

The question bank comprises around 1,000 queries in addition to question papers from previous years. “All questions posted on the website are set by a team of six subject specific experts,” said the joint director.

Nearly eight lakh candidates will take the examination, which begins on March 11, in 1,734 centres across the State. Unlike previous years, Plus One students will take a ‘public examination’ conducted and evaluated by the officials of the Directorate.

Their results will be finalised only on the basis of the combined scores they secure in both years.

The change was effected as the Directorate felt that both students and teachers adopted a lackadaisical approach towards examination when it was conducted by their schools. “Most of the students did not take the examination seriously as the required pass percentage was only 30 per cent. Moreover, teachers too did not complete their academic portions on time,” said Mr. Vijayan.

The Directorate has also issued specific instructions to adhere to while inside the examination hall.

For instance the use of programmable calculators, digital diaries and mobile phones are banned. But students can take scientific calculators with them. Students must be careful while entering their seven digit registration number in the stipulated square shaped boxes on answer sheets.

Though there will be only six slots to enter the number, the last digit can be placed immediately after the last box.

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