
Tripura on Monday announced a high-level committee to examine the timing and modality of re-opening of all educational institutions including schools and colleges which are closed to avoid containment of COVID-19 since March.
“We have decided to form a 32-member committee involving persons from different fields apart from the education depàrtment. The main role of the committee is to examine the suitable timing for re-opening of all educational institutions and the required steps to be taken after that,” Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath told the media this evening.
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Six parents including two from government schools and one from government-aided, private, Tripura Autonomous District Council area and Madrassa each would also be present as invited members in the committee, he said.
Nath also said that results of Class 1 and 2 students would be made available to them within June 25. Results for Class 3-8 would be announced on June 19 with Class 6-8 on June 20, Class 9 on June 18 and Class 11 on June 16.
Regarding pass percentage, he said that 92 per cent students from Class 3, 93 per cent from Class 4 and Class 6 each, 90 per cent Class 5 students have passed. Also, 94 per cent Class 7 students, 86 per cent of students from Class 8, 70 per cent from Class 9 and 96 per cent students from Class 11 have qualified in the final examinations.
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“The students who have not qualified in Class 5, 8, 9 and 11, need to appear for re-examinations to be held within a month of declaration of their results,” he said.