Odisha asks class 10th students to study 14 hours a day to achieve state's goal of 100% pass rate

 Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA)  has issued an advisory to the students who will be appearing for the annual class 10th board exams this year to devote at least 10-14 hours a day to prepare for the board exam in order to achieve the state government's goal of 100 per cent pass result. As per the letter, OSEPA has asked schools to ensure a 100% pass rate in the Matric exam and that at least 5% of students in each school secure an A1 grade. The OSEPA letter asked districts to ensure 100% results in all secondary schools. The authority has named it as ‘Sunischita Initiative’. 

The letter asks the schools to conduct special classes every day from 3 pm to 4.30 pm and devote at least 2 hours for the same on Saturdays and Sundays. Mock tests, remedial classes, reviews, use of IT and other measures have also been mentioned in the advisory for schools to ensure the goal of 100% pass percentage this year. 

Highlights of the letter

• The OSEPA letter asked districts to ensure that at least 5% of students in each school secure an A1 grade. An A1 grade is more than 90%.
• The OSEPA letter also asked districts to ensure that students can take the help of sample papers.
• In 2023, 3,222 high schools scored 100% results. 4,158 regular students achieved the A1 grade.
• In 2022, 90.55% of students declared pass, and 8119 secured A1 grade.

OSEPA has asked the all district education officers of the state to hold meetings in each of the high schools on November 4 where the students would be given tips on how to score more marks in next year's annual high school certificate examination. This year, Odisha Board class 10th exams are scheduled to be conducted between February 20 and March 4.

Tips for students shared by OSEPA to prepare for class 10th board exams

The advisory issued by OSEPA titled "Some easy ways to prepare for board exams", asks the students to prepare a timetable for studying at least 10-14 hours a day for good marks in the exam. "The students can sleep between 10 pm and 4 am or 11 pm and 5 am. If there are 7 topics in science and you have to finish it in 20 days then you have to devote 2 days for each topic so that you can cover the topics in 14 days. The rest 6 days can be used to revise the topics," the advisory reads.

"Five special classes in Mathematics, Science and English would be conducted at the school level and specific time would be set aside at the school level. The headmaster and the subject teachers would prepare a time table for these special classes. The schools must ensure achievement of 100 per cent results with greater number of A1 achievers failing which the schools will have to give an explanation to the authorities. Any slackness or negligence on the part of any stakeholder in accomplishing the target will be seriously viewed. The best three schools achieving 100 % results along with highest no of A1 success will be felicitated by the administration," the letter said.