The SSLC examination in public schools in the state was completed. More than four lakh students wrote the exam. Now it is time to wait for the result declaration, which will be in May. Students have to work hard to gain placement in good schools. Therefore, it can be said that students in these classes do not have much of a vacation. As in school days, students are seen running around with book bags everywhere. The government has already announced a policy that the evaluation will not be as generous as in previous years. Students might no longer be given a pass mark for writing anything irrelevant in the question paper.

The education department is preparing to strictly implement the policy that admission to the next class is possible only after crossing the minimum mark set for each subject. Those who have slacked off their studies will have to pay the price in the examination. SSLC has witnessed a record passing rate for the past few years. This success was not due to the improvement in the quality of education of the children. This situation was created by the decision to not fail any students. This unprecedented passing rate of the 10th class examination created a big crisis in higher secondary admissions. That is why the decision is now taken to limit the passing rate. The decision is that only those who score a certain percentage of marks in the subjects will be allowed to pass in the first round. There is also a 'Say' exam for those who fail. Those who pass it will be promoted to the next class.

The education department made a decision the other day, causing vexation in the minds of the students who score low marks. The announcement was that this time there will be no additional batch for Plus One in the state. If only as many students as the existing batches can accommodate get passing grades in the Class 10th exam, then there is nothing wrong with this announcement. If it is the other way around, there is a problem. Last year, not once, but several times, the number of seats and batches for Plus One had to be increased. Eventually, students were less than the number of seats available in all of these batches. It may be in this context that the decision not to allow additional batches this time was made recently. This is a good decision in a way.

There is nothing wrong in deciding how many batches are needed just by looking at the Class 10th passing percentage. Only the managers who make a profit from Plus One admissions and collect money for this would have dissatisfaction with this decision taken by the government. There are many managers who run to Thiruvananthapuram with a bag of money as soon as they hear that there is no new batch this time. They will continue to try to allow additional batches in their schools. However, controlling the number of batches is a good thing. The arrival of a time when only those children who study and subsequently perform well on the exam get passing grades indicates the elevated quality of public education.