Nearly a month after the declaration of Class 10 and 12 board exam results, the Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) today announced that it will conduct the bochhor bachao (save-a-year) exams. As many as 7,435 Class 10 and 12 students would appear for the bochhor bachao Tripura board examination. TBSE will likely hold the save-a-year exams in the last week of July.
According to ‘Bochor Bachao’ (save year) scheme introduced by the state government in 2020, students would be guaranteed entry into colleges or into the next class in case of board examinations even if they fail in two subjects, provided that they secure a minimum of 150 marks. They would have to clear a re-test within 75 days of results though to continue higher education.
The students will have to fill the bochhor bachao TBSE exam forms and submit them to their respective schools between July 8 and 11. The schools will have time from July 12 to 15 to submit the Tripura board save a year exam forms at TBSE office
Speaking to the reporters at TBSE office today, the board president Dr Dhananjoy Gan Choudhury said that a total of 2,042 candidates of Class 10 applied for the review of result. Of them, the results of 747 candidates changed, 21 students qualified and seven of them were enlisted for the bochhor bachao examinations.
In case of Class 12, the president added, as many as 1,385 applied for the result review. No students who failed in the board examinations have passed in the review of result and only one candidate is placed in the bochhor bachao after review.
