Not grades, marks will be awarded for SSLC third language: State govt tells Karnataka High Court

The State government has told the High Court of Karnataka that it will follow the existing system of awarding marks for the third languages during the evaluation of answer scripts of recently-concluded SSLC examinations instead awarding grades as was proposed recently.

This submission was made before the court by government counsel during the hearing of a petition, filed on April 8 by three students, Sahana R. Naik of Chikkamagaluru district, Anusha and Sudiksha of Udupi district. The petition was filed after Minister for School Education and Literacy Madhu Bangarappa’s announcement, after the exams had begun but before the third langauge exam was held, that grading instead marking system will be adopted for third languages, including Hindi.