SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBoSE) will include a fifth category, namely, Improvement Candidates, for the categorisation of SSLC candidates.
Notified on September 1, the Controller of Examinations, MBoSE, T. R. Laloo has pointed out several conditions for candidates to avail the provision.
It stated that candidates who have “Passed” SSLC Examination 2017 of the Board only, are eligible to appear in the SSLC Examination, 2018 as “Improvement Candidate” and the provision can be availed only once in the ensuing examination.
The prospective candidates are to take prior permission from the Board and the last date for seeking permission has been fixed for September 28, 2017, candidates shall appear in the existing syllabus only and are allowed to appear either in one or two or in all the subjects.
Candidates appearing for subjects involving practical/internal shall appear only in theory and previous practical/theory marks shall be carried forward, the notification stated.
Further, it stated that a candidate will be issued a fresh marksheet if there is an improvement in the marks after the Improvement Examination. However, the Board shall not issue a fresh Certificate whether or not there is an improvement.
MBoSe stated that in the event of the candidate securing lower marks after the Improvement Examination, compared to that in the previous examination, the earlier result shall stand.
Again, MBoSE has directed the officers-in-charge and heads of institutions to take note and make necessary arrangements to pursue the same.
It may be mention that other four categories of candidates include regular, non-regular, private candidate with test and compartmental.
