AP SSC Board Exam 2020: No bit paper, no internal marks

In a move to end the malpractices, the state government has decided to remove separate objective type question paper (known as bit paper) from the SSC annual examinations. Government also decided to remove internal assessment marks(20) from the annual examination as it was introduced only to help corporate educational institutions. The short answers questions will be included in the main question paper. A book-let with 18 pages including the answer sheet will be provided to the students at the beginning of the examination.

Education minister Dr Adimulapu Suresh said that they have decided to completely revamp the SSC examination pattern after studying various modules to improve the quality in the education. Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Dr Suresh said that they have also decided to increase the total time from the existing 2 hours 30 minutes to 2hours 45 minutes by giving 15 minutes of additional time. As per the new pattern, the students have to answer four essay questions each carrying five marks (4x5=20), eight short answer questions with two marks to each question (8x2=16), eight very short answer questions with each question carrying 1 mark (8x1=8) and 12 brief answer questions with half mark to each question (12x1/2=6). Each paper will be given for 50 marks.

Minister said that they would create awareness among the students much before the examinations. He said that they have decided to make the changes to put an end to the malpractices and mass copying particularly in the bit paper module. He said that they would also be using high quality paper to print the question paper as well as answer sheet as the answer sheets evaluation would be scanned for totaling the marks. He said that they would also use high quality paper for printing of marks sheet. Minister said that they have completed elections to the parents committees in over 45390 schools against the total schools of 46635.