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KEA will remove the 50 out-of-syllabus questions from Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology during the evaluation process.
New Delhi: The State Government of Karnataka has announced that it will not conduct KCET 2024 Re-Exam and instead the questions which were out of syllabus will not be evaluated. The decision was taken keeping in mind the stress and pressure of the students in preparing for the exam.
The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) received 4,000 objections from students over several out-of-syllabus questions in KCET 2024 exam. “Considering the burden on students to prepare again for the exams and the stress on them, it has been decided to not conduct the re-exam,” the Department of Higher Education said in a statement.
As per the official press release by the Karnataka Government, “Demands for providing grace marks/removing the questions for assessment, or reconducting the exam afresh, have also been made.” The decision further reads, “Keeping in view the Expert Committee report and opinion of many stakeholders and the paramount interest of protecting the legitimate interests of the students in mind, the KEA is directed to remove questions that are out of 2023-24 syllabus from the assessments, and assess only the remaining questions.”
The KCET 2024 Exam was conducted on April 18-19, 2024. After the exam, it was released that there were a total of 50 out-of-syllabus questions in 4 papers in the exam. As per the decision made, all these 50 questions will not be considered and marked in the evaluation process.
This essentially means that above 20% of the questions in the 4 papers will not be evaluated. The breakup of the subject wise questions are:
- Physics- 9 Questions
- Chemistry- 15 Questions
- Mathematics- 15 Questions
- Biology- 11 Questions
“The KEA will also publish the answer key along with the list of out-of-syllabus questions on their website. The students’ marks in the CET will assessed on the remaining questions only. This will adequately protect the interest of the students and provide a level-playing field. Two questions with incorrect solutions will also be awarded grace marks,” mentions the release.
In his statement, Srikar M.S., Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, said: “Keeping in view the expert committee report and opinion of many stakeholders and the paramount interest of protecting the legitimate interests of students, the KEA is directed to remove the questions that are out of the 2023-24 syllabus from the assessment and assess only the remaining questions”.
According to KEA “There are a number of exams that are being conducted in May and June, including COMEDK, JEE (Advanced), NEET, NEST, CUET and the second and third annual exams of II PUC. The government is of the view that conducting a re-exam at this stage will cause undue hardship and burden to the students. Since there are several other exams that the students have to write, re-conducting the CET will cause unnecessary panic and harassment. Further, it would be causing undue hardship for the students for no fault of theirs. The academic calendar for professional courses will also get delayed if a re-examination is proposed.”
To avoid such instances in the future, KEA has been directed to prepare a detailed standard operating procedure for setting question papers for the CET.
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