If all goes as per plan, the Department of School Education and Literacy, Karnataka is likely to introduce a centralised annual examination for classes 9 and 11 for state board affiliated schools from this academic year, similar to the Gujarat and Kerala governments. If this is enforced, Karnataka will now have a centralised annual examination for classes 5, 8, 9 and 11, wherein the question paper will be set by Karnataka State Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) and the evaluation is set to happen at the school and taluk level. A proposal on the same will be submitted to school Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa and to the government for final approval. The decision to introduce centralised annual examination for classes 9 and 11 comes in order to prepare the students to face the SSLC (10th) and second PUC (12th) board examinations, due next year. In addition, the school education department also wants to improve the learning outcomes in high school, which has taken a hit, as per many assessment reports.