Patna, April 10: Though results of the Class X board exam are not out yet, some schools have already started classes for Class XI.

Students who took the school-based summative assessment (SA) — and are thus not expected to change either their school or board — are already going to school for counselling or classes.

“We are counselling students to help them decide which stream — science, commerce or humanities — is best for them,” said D.K. Mukherjee, the principal of Gyan Niketan — one of the schools to start the process of taking classes for standard XI early.

Mukherjee added: “Students often need to be guided about what is best for them. Some students are not good in mathematics but have still opted for the science stream. They need to be guided to take commerce or humanities.”

“We need to judge and appreciate the potential of each student and guide them accordingly,” the principal said.

Thus, vice-principal Archana Saran and senior teachers like S.M. Jha have been engaged to guide the pupils. Mukherjee said the school might start Class XI early to help students finish their syllabus well in time.

P.S. Ambastha, the vice-principal of May Flower School, said: “We are going to begin provisional classes for Class XI on April 11. We understand the importance of classes beginning on time. Students should benefit from this. Also, we are focusing on a counselling cell to assist students.”

CBSE has introduced the system of school-based or board-based SA in Class X. Those students who took SA-2 this year had appeared for two terms in Class X. The first term comprises FA 1 (formative assessment), FA 2 and SA 1, whereas, the second term includes FA 3, FA 4 and SA 2. These include the internal assessments.

Sources said the second term would comprise 60 per cent marks of the results whereas 40 per cent would be the cumulative sum of the other tests. “If classes start early, it would be very helpful. We could prepare in advance for the Class XII board examinations,” said Nihit Anshu of Gyan Niketan.