Norm relaxed for private HSC students

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, FEB. 3. The Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE) has stated that a one-time relaxation will be given to private candidates for the coming higher secondary examination from the norm that they should get separate minimum pass marks in practicals and theory papers in the subjects involving practicals.

A DGE release, setting out the special instructions for private candidates to the HSC examination, said as per this year's new norms, the students had to get a minimum mark of 40 out of 150 in theory paper and 30 out of 50 marks in the practical paper in the relevant subjects. But this norm would be relaxed for the private candidates for this session only, the release said. The norm would have to be fulfilled from the September 2001 examinations.

The release added that in this academic year, the Std. XII syllabus had been revised for English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, History and Geography. But the model paper had been revised only for Mathematics paper, in line with the syllabus change and not for the other subjects.

The examination paper for the direct private candidates (writing for the first time) would be changed according to the revised syllabus. But for those who have already appeared (and failed earlier), there would be no change in the paper pattern for the March 2001 examination session.

Similarly, the examination for private candidates in Computer Science paper would follow the old pattern and not as per the new syllabus introduced this year.

However, in Part I language Gujarathi and Special subject (Part III) Telugu and Malayalam, private candidates would have to write examination only as per the new syllabus.

As the papers in all subjects written by private candidates were to be given `dummy numbers', all answer books would be issued with the relevant fly-leaves, the release added.

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