Coronavirus Impact: DoE to Conduct Online Mock Tests for Class 10 Students in Goa
DoE and SCERT of Goa have announced that they will be conducting online mock tests for Class 10 students of government and government-aided schools. The directorate has also started online classes in Maths and Science for Class 10 students in Goa from 4 April.
Class 10 students in Goa will soon be able to take online mock tests in Maths and Science. This announcement was made by the Directorate of Education (DoE), Goa and the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Goa. The tests will be directed towards students of government and government-aided schools who have to appear in the 2020 state board exams.
The announcement has come as a number of exams have been postponed in India due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Schools and colleges across the country have been closed since March and school boars such as CBSE have postponed the Class 10 and 12 board exams. Revised exam schedules for ICSE and ISC 2020 exams have also been announced.
DoE and SCERT have partnered with Jio-Embibe to make this facility available in a bid to ensure that the education of students is not impacted.
Vandana Rao, the Director of Education, has told the schools that the directorate will also be setting up online tests on request. If a Class 10 teacher wishes to conduct an online test, he /she will be able to raise a request to the directorate. Schools have been urged to take advantage of this facility in large numbers.
The directorate has also started subject-wise online classes for the students on the LiveShala website from April 4. Students can access these classes by using the Zoom app.
As per the information given out by the directorate, the available online classes cover a number of topics from Physics and Chemistry in the science subjects. In Maths, classes on Statistics, Pair of Linear Equations, Circles, Polynomials and Construction are available online.