EXAMINATION
The National Open School conducted two public examinations in May and November, 1994 during the year. A total number of 98,323 candidates appeared in these examinations. In addition, 1,862 candidates appeared in the examination for the vocational courses held in June and December, 1994 in 15 vocational courses.
Tutor Marked Assessment It has been decided to replace the Computer Marked Assessment (CMA) by Tutor Marked Assessment (TMA), to be evaluated by the teachers of the study centres. hi pursuance of the above decision, the CMA has been discontinued and preparations for introduction of TMA from 1995-96 have been made.
Public Examinations The number of candidates taking examinations in academic courses is consistently increasing over the years. A total number of 98,323 candidates appeared in May and November, 1994 examinations in compari- sion to 87,747 and 62,014 candidates in the two examinations in 1993- 94 and 1992-93 respectively. This represents an increase of 12 per cent over the previous year and 59 per cent over 1992-93.
In the Secondary Examination, 56,064 candidates appeared during the year as against 52,453 in 1993-94 and 38,190 in 1992-93. This represents a modest increase of 7 per cent over the previous year and 12 per cent over 1992-93. However, there was a steep rise of 20 per cent over the preceding year and per cent over 1992-93 in the case of candidates taking Senior Secondary examination During the year, 42,263 candidates appeared in Senior Secondary Examination as against 35,294 in 1993-94 and 23,824 in 1992-93.
Conduct of Examinations Examinations were held in 159 centres for the May, 1994 and 141 centres for the November, 1994 examinations spread all over the country.
As usual, NOS deputed its observers at each examination centre to oversee the fair and smooth conduct of the examinations. Special arrangements were made to have full time observers in a number of centres while senior NOS officers visited some examination centres in Haryana and UP besides the examination centres, of Delhi.
For the first time during the November, 1994 examinations, the services of the officers of the Haryana Board of Secondary Education were utilised for inspection of examination centres in the state of Haryana. This collaboration proved to be very useful.
Question Papers Question Papers are set and moderated by experienced and competent experts under dear-cut directions and guidelines and on the basis of sample question papers, blue print and question paper design. The question papers are printed in security presses and despatched for safe custody and storage to identified banks attached to the examination centres. The Centre Superintendents of the examination centres collect the question papers from the Bank Managers on each day of the examination. In remote or isolated centres where the storage
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facilities of a nationalised bank are not available, a Government Treasury is utilised for the purpose.
Answer BooksThe answerscripts from Delhi Examination Centres are received by hand in the Answer Book Cell on each day of the examination. Outside Delhi centres, despatch the answerscripts by post on the same day and the papers are not to be kept over night at any centre. After due processing and coding etc., the scripts are despatched to evaluation centres.
Evaluation The evaluation of answerscripts, is a time bound task. This was got done at five evaluation centres in different parts of the country under the supervision of Coordinators. The evaluators are required to mark the scripts in accordance with the detailed marking scheme for each subject with a view to ensure uniformity and objectivity in evaluation. The Team Leaders/Head Examiners check 5 per cent of the scripts marked by each examiner under him/her at random to see that the evaluation of the scripts are done in accordance with the marking scheme. The Team Leaders/ Head Examiners also study the feed back proforma received from evaluators and submit their reports on the quality of evaluation as a whole to ensure that uniform standards are maintained from year to year.
During the year, a total of about 3 lakh answercripts for secondary and senior secondary were evaluated at different evaluation centres.
Results The computerised awards received from the evaluators are fed into two different computers and the data collated in order to ensure accuracy. Before starting result processing, the data of a small number of candidates having all possible parameters are manually processed and then compared with the computer results to see that there is no error at any stage. After this, the result is processed by the external computer agencies. The results of both May and Novem- ber Examinations were processed within eight to nine weeks of the conclusion of examinations and communicated immediately by speed post to all the accredited institutions outside Delhi and by hand in Delhi.
The Marksheets and Migration Certificates are also sent to the accredited institutions or distribution among the candidates. The results and marksheets for those candidates, whose accredited institutions have been changed or cancelled are sent directly by post to their respective addresses.
Certification During the year, the National Open School certified 16,966 candidates in Secondary and 17,060 in Senior Secondary Examinations as against 13,571 and 11,642 respectively during the preceding year.
Year-wise details of the students certified since January - 1991 examinations are given in Table 9.1 and presented in Figure 9.1.
Performance During the year, the level of performance of the students both in the secondary and senior secondary examinations was comparatively lower than the preceding year as indicated by the higher percentage of students securing lower grade of less than 45 per cent marks and lower percentage of students securing higher grades of above 45% and 60% marks. However, in the case of senior secondary examination, the percentage of students securing the higher grade of above 60% marks was marginally higher by 0.6%.
The year-wise performance level of students in Secondary and Senior Secondary examinations is presented in Table 9.2 and Figure 9.3. Performance level curves are presented in Figure 9.2
Subjectwise pass percentages of Secondary and Senior Secondary Courses are given in Tables 9.3 and 9.4.
For secondary courses, pass percentage in Hindi, Home Science, Typing (both Hindi and English) was above 60% in both May and November, 1994 examinations. The pass percentage in Economics was also above 60% in May, 1994 examination. Lowest pass percentage was in Mathematics followed by Science.
In senior secondary courses, pass percentage in Hindi, English, Commerce, Home Science, Typing (both Hindi and English) and Secretarial Practice was above 60% in both May and November, 1994 examinations. Pass percentage was low in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. Subject.
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Table 9.1: Yearwise number of students passed
Year/ No. of Students Certified
Name of Exam.
Secondary Sr. Secondary Total
1990-91
Jan-1991 5,050 3,730 8,780
Sub-total 5,050 3,730 8,780
1991-92
Jan-1991 5,388 5,185 10,573
Nov-1991 3,622 3,055 6,677
Sub-total 9,010 8,240 17,250
1992-93
May-1992 6,700 4,736 11,436
Dec-1992 3,328 3,716 7,044
Sub-total 10,028 8,452 18,480
1993-94
May-1993 9,140 6,700 15,840
Dec-1993 4,431 4,942 9,373
Sub-total 13,571 11,642 25,213
1994-95
May-1994 12,067 10,864 22,931
Nov-1994 4,899 6,196 11,095
Sub-total 16,966 17,060 34,026
Total 54,625 49,124 1,03,749
wise pass percentage in Secondary and Senior Secondary Courses are presented in Figure 9.4.
Vocational
Vocational examinations were held in 21 centres for June, 1994 and 22 centres for December, 1994 Examinations in and outside Delhi.
A total number of 1,862 candidates appeared in June and December, 1994 Examinations in comparision to 2,090 in the preceding year registering a fall of 11 per cent in consonance with the fall in the enrolment of students in vocational courses.
1,258 vocational students representing 68 per cent of the total number of students were declared successful and certified during the year. Course-wise details of the number of students appeared and passed in vocational courses during the year are presented in Table 9.5.
The pass percentage was quite high in one-year Jan Swasthya (100%) and Paripurna Mahila courses (70%) under Community Development Programme.
In one year courses, other than Community Development courses, the highest pass percentage was in Cutting, Tailoring and Dress Making (96%) followed by Radio, Tape Recorder and T.V. repairing (78%), Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (67%), and House Wiring & Electrical Appliances, Motor & Transformer Rewinding (62%). The number of candidates taking Library Attendant and Library Clerk examination was negligible (2).
In the six-monthly courses, only one student appeared and was certified in Radio & Tape Recorder Repairing. Leaving aside the above course, the highest pass percentage in Beauty Culture (83%) followed by Cutting and Tailoring (76%) and Plumbing (62%).
Certification of students in various vocational courses is presented in Figure 9.5.
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Table 9.3 Secondary Course - Subject-wise Pass Percentage
Subject May 1994 December 1994
App. Pass% App. Pass%
Hindi 22,713 69.04 4,107 60.00
English 26,185 54.34 7,189 40.24
Mathematics 14,888 32.68 5,320 20.32
Science 17,651 46.36 5,382 29.56
Social Science 26,191 41.87 9,426 33.45
Economics 13,934 64.04 3,376 53.05
Commerce 4,656 55.41 1,332 46.92
Home Science (with Pra.) 10,404 75.29 2,003 64.45
Typing (Hindi) 429 71.10 81 87.65
Typing (English) 3,893 80.45 735 76.60
Subject May 1994 December 1994
App. Pass% App. Pass%
Hindi 15,871 68.02 11,083 62.8
English 18,814 78.24 13,335 61.9
Mathematics 3,608 37.03 2,511 44.1
Physics 2,141 52.8 2,553 39.3
Chemistry 1,858 48.4 2,511 29.7
Biology 1,579 65.6 1,521 49.7
History 11,006 50.18 7,122 45.5
Geography 3,568 73.7 2,455 62.2
Political Science 10,720 63.96 7837 59.9
Economics 8,796 65.04 6,360 55.5
Commerce 3,280 64.42 3,066 60.5
Accountancy 2,881 50.08 2,699 43.4
Home Science 3,597 84.68 2,752 67.9
Typewriting (Hindi) 246 96.34 194 88.5
Typewriting (English) 1,883 77.75 1,387 72.5
Stenography (Hindi) 50 68.00 51 54.5
Stenography (English) 180 56.11 114 66.3
Sec. Practice 856 71.14 624 75.2
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Table 9.5 : Vocational Courses -Number of students
appeared & certified (1994-095)
Course Appeard Ceretified Pass%
1.Six Monthly Courses
House Wiring &
Electrical Appliances 51 28 54.90
Motor & Transformer
Rewinding 7 3 42.85
Radio & Tape Recorder
Repairing 1 1 100
TV Repairing; 0 0 0
Cutting &-Tailoring 42 32 76.19
Dress Making 29 15 51.72
Library Attendant 0 0 0
Plumbing 103 64 62.13
Beauty Culture 147 122 82.99
Sub-total 380 265 69.73
2 One Year Courses
Package Course (PARS) 163 62 38.03
House Wiring &
Electrical Appliances
Motor & transformer Rewinding 340 211 62.05
Radio & Tape Recorder
Repairing & IV Repairing 291 226 77.66
Cutting & Tailoring and
Dress making 55 53 96.36
Library Attendant &
Library Clerk 2 1 50.00
Refrigeration & Airconditioning 397 267 67.25
Sub-total 1,248 820 65.70
3. One Year Community
Development Courses
Paripurna Mahila 202 141 69.80
Jan Swasthya 32 32 100.00
Sub-total 234 173 73.93
Total 1,862 1,258 67.56
Vocational Subjects on Offer
* Package Course (PA/PS)
* Plumbing
* Beauty Culture
* House Wiring & Electrical Appliances
* Motor & transformer Rewinding
* Radio & Tape Recorder Repairing & TV Repairing
* Cutting & Tailoring and Dress making
* library Attendant & Library Clerk
* Refrigeration & Airconditioning
* Paripurna Mahila
* Jan Swasthya
* Plant Protection (Part I & II)
* Water Management for Crop Production
* Oyster Mushroom Production Technology
* Furniture & Cabinet Making
* Electroplating
* Accommodation Services
* Catering Management
* Food Processing
* Play Centre Management
* Word Processing (E)
* jute Production Technology,
* Carpentary
* Solar Energy Technician
* Biogas Energy Technician
* Bakery & Confectionary
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