To
The Chairman
Central Board of Secondary Examination
Shiksha Kendra
2, Community Centre
Preet Vihar, Delhi - 110092
New Delhi
29.05.2015
Sub: Give re-examination opportunity
to Class IX and XI-failed students
Dear Sir
We are extremely alarmed by the fact that
large numbers of children of Class IX an XI have been failed this year, many
for the second time. These children have been attending school regularly for so
many years and with expectations and aspirations to make a better life, with
their parents reposing full faith in the public education system and the
government to fulfill the Right to Education it has promised them. But the
state has failed in its responsibility to do justice to the years they have
spent in its schools, and has not ensured that they get a learning environment,
for meaningful learning. Last year many of them had been failed but went again
to the same class, despite the humiliation and demotivation, hoping that the
second time their schools might take better care of them. But that was not to
happen. They will tell you how even extra classes were taken very casually and
non-seriously, and no one took responsibility for their learning. Many of their
parents paid extra for tuition, from out of their meager wages, but unqualified
tutors could not compensate for what was the task of trained government
teachers. Moreover, what goes in the name of teaching and assessing is only
promoting rote memorisation, without encouraging them to make sense or think
for themselves. Their classrooms are often over crowded, dismal and poorly
furnished, and the fact that they have gone to school year after year shows the
hope and trust reposed in the system.
Furthermore, the changes in the marking pattern made by you
especially concerning the guidelines for
Class IX has been vague that no parent is certain that what kind of result is
required for their ward to pass in to Class X. This the school is also taking
advantage of. CCE is a boon for the nation but do not make it into bane for the
parents by the school interpreting and applying it according to their whims and
fancies.
On behalf of thousands of such children
there is one earnest request to you. Please permit holding of a second
supplementary examination for them. We have already requested the Government
of NCT of Delhi to hold special classes for them for two months. They will work
hard if the teachers take them seriously and inspire confidence. After being
given the best possible Special Enrichment, a supplementary exam may be held
for them in early August.
They are just asking for a fair chance so
that their lives are not made hopeless at this young age, through a callous
system that has not given them their right to learn, with meaning, creativity,
care and respect.
This is crucial age and a little support
can make or break them.
Hoping you care for these children, whose
parents have invested all they have in the future of their children.
Sincerely,
Ashok Agarwal, Advocate
National President, AIPA
M-09811101923
Prof. Anita Rampal
Faculty of
Education
Delhi
University
Delhi 110007
M.-9810098307
Satya Prakash
General Secretary
AIPA, Delhi
M.-9871216217
