Bengaluru, April 14 -- The Karnataka government has released a draft of its contentious proposal to structurally overhaul the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination system, introducing a grading format for third-language and vocational subjects and excluding them from the calculation of final results.

The changes are set out in a draft notification issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy on April 10, as part of amendments to the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board First Regulations, 1966. The revised framework is slated to take effect from the 2025-26 SSLC examination cycle.

At the centre of the proposal is a shift away from numerical marking for third languages and National Skills Qualific...