A day after the teacher's body withdrew the boycott of Higher Secondary Certificate (HS) paper assessment, the Maharastra State Board for Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) on Monday decided to expedite the paper assessment process as it is running late.
Though the HSC examinations started from February 20, not a single answer sheet has been assessed till date because the chief moderators associated with the paper assessment process boycotted the daily meetings.
MSBSHSE chairman Gangadhar Mhamane said, "The routine meetings on paper assessment will take place from March 1. For the papers conducted between February 20 and 28, the meetings will be conducted from Sunday."
He added, "All the chief moderators of the respective papers have been asked to attend the meetings. The divisional level meetings will begin from Monday, where the chief moderators will guide the moderators and examiners, eventually beginning the papers assessment process."
On the impact of the delay in the paper assessment on the final results, Mhamane said, "We faced the same situation last year as well and the matter was solved in the second week of March. We were still able to declare results on time."
"We are quite sure the assessment process will be quite smooth this year as well," he added
Anil Deshmukh, the general secretary of the Maharashtra State Federation for Junior College Teachers Organization (MFJCTO), said, "We have assured the government that the teachers will work extra hours, if needed. We will make sure that HSC results are out in time."
Due to the boycott, more than 3 lakh answer sheets have already piled up in the Kolhapur division.
Junior college teachers across the state on Friday decided to withdraw their boycott on assessment of HSC answer sheets after receiving assurance from the state education department that government resolutions (GRs) on their rrest of the demands will be released at the earliest.
Two GRs on deletion of the word 'permanently unaided' from institutes, as well as a three-tier pay scale was released on Friday, following which the teachers called off the boycott.
The state government is likely to draw the remaining government resolutions on sanctioning of posts of 2,100-odd junior college teachers who have not been paid for years, lift the ban on recruitment of teachers' posts, considering service of teachers from unaided institutes for senior skills and selection grades by next week.
Kolhapur: After the teachers' body backing down from the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) paper assessment boycott, the Maharashtra state board for secondary and higher secondary education (MSBSHSE) has speed up its process to initiate the paper assessment schedule, which already is running late.
The HSC exam which began from February 20, witnessed boycott on the daily meetings of the chief moderators associated with the paper assessment and later at the divisional level. Due to this, till date, not a single answer sheet has been assessed.
When TOI contacted Gangadhar Mhamane, chairman, MSBSHSE, he told TOI that the meetings boycotted till date by the chief moderators will be conducted from Sunday onwards.
"From Saturday March 1, the routine meetings regarding the paper assessment will take place, while for that of the papers which were conducted in between February 20 to February 28 will be conducted from Sunday. All the chief moderators of the respective papers have been instructed to attend the meetings. The divisional level meetings will begin from Monday, where the chief moderators will guide the moderators and examiners, eventually beginning the papers assessment process," said Mhamane....
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