KSSP launches campaign against minimum pass marks in written tests in Class X

Education Minister V. Sivankutty’s recent remarks that the Left Democratic Front-led Kerala government is thinking about bringing back minimum pass marks in written tests for SSLC examinations have led to a major debate. Students are supposed to score 30% marks in continuous evaluation and written test together in each subject to clear the SSLC exam now. It is enough for them to score 10 marks in the written test to get the minimum pass marks of 30 out of 100 marks as they are awarded near-full marks in CE. The argument that teachers will do their job in a better way if the minimum pass marks in written tests are brought back also does not hold water.