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Inconsistency in our PSC and other Public exam System

In 2001 our govt. suddenly decided to introduce Grading system in public examinations (SSC, HSC) without going through a systematic process of justifying and educating the stakes (teachers, students) about the system. However, it took two or three years for the stakes to cope with the system, meanwhile some batches went through huge academic losses because of low understandability and multiple changes of decision regarding the ‘Range’ of grades and the weight of ‘Elective’ subject. In the recent time, all the shakes and hazards have almost been overcome and stakes are almost habituated with the system in spite of having a ‘question mark’ behind the quality of the primary and secondary education. Very recently the govt. has introduced two more public examinations named Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Junior School Certificate (JSC). There is no wrongness with this introduction but to the utter surprise we have observed that grading system prevails in JSC exams while traditiona