panaji deputy director of the directorate of education bhagirath shetye was on friday appointed chairperson of the goa board of secondary and higher secondary education shetye will serve in office for a fouryear term his appointed comes as ramkrishna samants term as the chairman came to an end early last monthshetye has served twice before as secretary of the goa boardsamant as chairman and shetye as secretary were instrumental in overseeing the safe conduct of the class x and xii public examination during the height of the pandemic both helped conduct the exam against growing public and parents sentiments towards physical conduct of the exam for fear of covid19 infection among students the duo steered the board through a difficult phase when the pandemic delayed the public exams much beyond the usual schedule under their watch the syllabus was also truncated for the academic year 202021 to make up for the days lost to the pandemicwith samant as chairperson goa board effected some important changes like introduction of mathematics 2 option where a student can choose to answer a maths paper of a lower difficulty level at class x public exam if he or she does not wish to pursue mathematics at the higher education levelthe board under samant also introduced a penalty for teachers involved in goa board examination work if the teacher was found erring during his or her duties as supervisor paper setter paper corrector etc at the public examsthe officer shall serve in the board as chairman for a period of four years from date on which he assumes the charge of the office or till he completes the age of 60 years whichever is earlier states the order of shetyes appointment issued on friday by director of education santosh amonkar