Teachers opposed to multiple term exams – The Tribune India

Tribune News Service

Amritsar November 11

The decision of the Punjab Education Department to conduct term examinations of all classes from November 26 to December 9, has received resistance from Democratic Teacher’s Front (DTF).

Terming the multiple term examinations as “unnecessary disruption to classroom teaching”, the DTF members, who mostly comprise of teachers from government schools, said the students were being diverted from education by repeatedly engaging them in unnecessary examinations, quiz competitions and fairs.

The association demanded the suspension of the supplementary exam system and that academic activities be resumed.