The online portal set up by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education to prepare students for national level competitive exams JEE and NEET will have only multiple-choice questions (MCQs). The board issued a circular announcing the website and asking teachers and subject experts to send questions. Educationists, however, say that there are several such options and the move will render the state's portal to be a futile exercise.
Teachers are expected to send the subject name, class (grade XI and XII), topic and sub-topic along with the questions till December 31. These questions will have to be uploaded on http:/neetqb.mh-hsc.ac.in and should be submitted only in MCQ format, said the circular.
Subhash Joshi, former teacher, said, "Instead of just providing a question bank the state needs to adopt the NCERT curriculum. In such a situation setting up an online portal with questions will not be helpful as such materials are available in the market and also provided by the coaching institutes," he said.
Another teacher said that demo videos on how to attempt online exam, or online lectures from CBSE school teachers will prove to be more helpful.
(from: Timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
