Guwahati: In a move that will pave a new trend in the educational sector in the state, the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) is planning to introduce OMR (optical mark recognition) sheets in the HSLC (High Schools Leaving Certificate) examinations in 2024.
This move is done keeping in mind the numerous competitive examinations conducted by the Central government where OMR sheets are used to evaluate the students.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said, “OMR sheets are in use in all competitive examinations these days. The students of Assam under the SEBA should be OMR sheet-friendly. Taking that into account, for the first time, SEBA will introduce OMR sheets for half of the questions in the HSLC examinations in 2024. We used OMR sheet question papers as the trial run in the recently concluded Gunotsav.”
The SEBA is planning to launch the OMR sheets to evaluate four subjects — English, Mathematics, General Science, and Social Sciences. The state board plans to have 45 questions that will be based on OMR and each question will carry the same marks. The other questions will be subjective in nature in all these subjects.