While the existing system, allocating 80 marks for the external and 20 marks for the internal exams, is unchanged for this academic year only, the State government decided to shift to marks from grades system, which has been a practice for a decade

Hyderabad: Students taking the SSC Public Exams will henceforth be awarded marks instead of grade point average (GPA) or grades.

While the existing system, allocating 80 marks for the external and 20 marks for the internal exams, is unchanged for this academic year only, the State government decided to shift to marks from grades system, which has been a practice for a decade.

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So far, depending on the marks secured students are allotted grades namely A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, D2 and E with A1 and E being the highest and lowest grades.

According to sources, this shift to marks system is aimed at introducing online admissions in the junior colleges in the State.

So far, the grading system has been a big hurdle for the government as it has made it difficult to fairly compare and rank students in the online admission process. Now the marks system will pave the way for introducing online admissions in all junior colleges from next year.

Further, present Class IX students will not be having internal assessments in their Class X from the next academic year 2025-26.

The government also announced scrapping of the internal assessment exams, which are part of the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). This means, 100 per cent of the marks will be allocated to external exams conducted by the Directorate of Government Examinations.

Modifying its earlier order that notified allotment of 100 per cent marks to external exams, the government in an order said “The procedure of awarding of 100 per cent marks to external assessment is modified it will be implemented from the academic year 2025-26 and awarding 80 per cent marks to external assessment and 20 per cent to internal assessment will continue for academic year 2024-25 only. Awarding marks system in SSC Public Examination dispensing the existing grading system will be from the academic year 2024-25”.