Shillong: Meghalaya School Education Board will conduct class 10 examinations twice from next year. By doing this, the students appearing for board examinations in the state will also get a lot of convenience. State Education Minister Rakkam A Sangma gave this information on Saturday. The Education Minister said that students who do not pass the board examination will be given a second chance under this. However, in the examination to be conducted for the second time, students who fail in all or some subjects will be given a chance

Second chance to students who fail

Education Minister Sangma said that the Meghalaya School Education Board will conduct class 10 examinations twice every year from 2025. He said that for this, the proposal to amend the regulation of the Meghalaya School Education Board was approved by the State Cabinet on Friday. This step of conducting examinations twice a year is to provide a second chance to the students who do not pass the board examination. Sangma said the first exam related to this will be held in February or early March and the second exam will be held in May, in which students who fail in all or some subjects will get a chance.

Passing in all subjects is mandatory

The Education Minister said that the move is in line with the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) and is designed to help students by reducing the time wasted between attempts. The Cabinet has also approved the decision to eliminate optional papers or ‘Best of Five Papers’ from the 2026-2027 academic year. This means that from 2026-2027 all students will have to pass all six subjects in the board examination. The Cabinet also approved the Meghalaya Public School Service Rules, Meghalaya Subordinate Water Resources Engineering Service Rules, 2024 and Farmers Empowerment Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2024