Karnataka: Board exam cancel for 5th, 8th, 9th and 11th class from this year

Karnataka: As directed by the Supreme Court, there will be no board exam this time for 5th, 8th, 9th class and first PUC students of all government and private schools of the state curriculum from 2024-25 academic years. Karnataka Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa said that the examination will be conducted at the school level as before.

Speaking to reporters, the minister said that instead of board examination for 5th, 8th, 9th and 1st PUC students, assessment at school level- 2 (SA-2) as before. Annual examination will be conducted for 11th class. Some private school organizations have appealed to the Supreme Court questioning the conduct of board exams for classes 5, 8, 9 and 11.

The Supreme Court has instructed not to conduct the board examination during the hearing of the case. In this background, he said that the board exam will not be conducted this year as well. Shiksha Copilot empowers teachers to create integrated teaching resources and learning experiences based on local curriculum, language and context.

Shiksha CoPilot -AI powered digital assistance will be provided to 1000 teachers selected from more than 750 government schools in all educational districts of urban and rural parts of Karnataka state. Shiksha Copilot empowers teachers to create high-quality personalized content.

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Shiksha Copilot helps teachers create teaching resources such as activities, assessments, real-world examples, applications, short videos, and comprehensive lesson plans based on teacher feedback. It will also provide teachers with a chat-bot for self-learning and interactive content creation, the minister said.

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