Cuttack: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) in Odisha has decided to reintroduce the annual examination pattern for Class IX and Class X and stop the summative examination system in government-run high schools across the state.
The summative examination was introduced during the Covid pandemic.
“We have decided to go back to the old system of conducting a yearly exam from this academic session. The half-yearly examination will also be introduced in Class X for which the board will provide question papers,” informed Ramasish Hazra, BSE President.
The internal assessment will continue for high school and Madhyama students and conducted in four quarters.