Schools in Malabar have alleged that they have received more higher secondary question papers than required for the upcoming half-yearly examinations. Question papers for the examinations ahead of Christmas holidays have already been printed and delivered to schools.
Most schools in Malappuram that are SCOLE-Kerala (State Council for Open and Lifelong Education-Kerala) centres have received more question papers than needed for their regular students, say teachers. A chunk of SCOLE-Kerala admissions every year is from the Malabar districts, so the number of schools that are SCOLE-Kerala exam centres in the region is high.
Authorities of a school said their school was a centre for open school students for the year-end examinations. Question papers were needed for those students only then, not for the half-yearly examinations. “It seems the question papers have been printed as per the indent for the public examinations.” Another school had received question papers for subjects not taught to their regular students, but which SCOLE-Kerala students appeared for at the end of the year. “Question papers for such subjects are not needed for the half-yearly examinations because our regular students are not taught these. These are required only for the public examinations in March when open school students take the year-end examination,” the school authorities said.
