The New Pattern of Board Exams | CBSE
Keywords:- Board exams, Pattern, CBSE, Covid – 19, Grading System
Author: Nidhi Yadav
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has revised the exam pattern of class 10th also of class 12th. The latest pattern is updated into two board exams or term-end exams, which is based on CBSE Internal Assessment. It will be effective for the academic year 2021-22. Following the revised pattern, each of the term exams will have 50% of the syllabus.
The revised syllabus will be divided systematically also will be based on the interconnectivity of concepts and topics. The exam pattern in Term I will be conducted in Nov or Dec. The exam will be conducted for 90 mins. In Term II, exams will be conducted in March or April based on the rationalised syllabus (only of Term II i.e., 50% of the entire syllabus). The total exam duration of the paper will be 2 hours.
QUESTION FORMAT
The question formats will be diversified like: – Caste-Based/Situation- Based, Open ended Short answer/long answer type.
Moreover the students will be assessed throughout the year irrespective of Term I and II and the decision taken to divide the two terms was taken so that students are not going to feel burdened in this situation of Covid 19.
The Exam pattern and marking scheme will be different for both terms. Term I exam will be fully objective in nature and will be conducted for 90 mins, whereas term 2 will be like regular exams consisting of both objective and subjective questions. The displacement of many students due to Covid-19 will now also allow students to choose an option to appear in the exam centre of their choice. It will allow only 350 students at an exam centre while maintaining a six feet distance.
CONCEPT & RESULT
The final result will be declared on the basis of marks obtained by students in the first, second terms as well as the practical exams. Sanyam Bhardwaj, Examination controller announced that the date sheet is for major subjects while minor subjects will be sent to schools separately.
The board had also said that plans to give a rational meaning to the syllabus for 2021-22 academic session is undertaken; also making the internal assessment and project work more “credible” and “valid”. “The syllabus for the academic session 2021-22 will be divided into two terms by following a systematic approach by looking into the interconnectivity of concepts and topics by the Subject Experts,” the CBSE had said.
REVISED CHANGES-
- Internal Assessment for all subjects
- Internal choice in the question paper
- Objective Type Questions added to all subjects
- 2 level maths for class 10 only, also
- Major changes in the total no. of questions in all the subjects.
SPECIAL PATTERN FOR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT-
The board released a special scheme for internal assessments for clarity, it will be known as project-based work as well as practicals.
- Internal assessment will be carried out according to the existing scheme throughout the year except that this assessment will be done twice and both will contribute equally in overall assessment.
- Further it is added; “The school should ensure that internal assessment is reliable, fair and also transparent for all students.
- The Evaluation process followed by teachers for internal assessment/ practical also the project work needs to be analysed by the means of the students performance throughout the academic session.
Internal evaluation criteria remain the same. It will consist of the following activities:
- Three periodic tests
- Subject enrichment activities
- Portfolio
- Practical work (for selective subjects), as well as
- Speaking listening activities (for language subjects)
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
Despite all the efforts, teachers and principals remain adamant about students’ performance in the new assessment pattern. As per the new scheme, the exams will be of only 90-minute duration having multiple-choice questions (MCQs). The year will bring changes in the syllabus that is bifurcated and the reading time in each exam has been increased to 20 minutes.
| A-1 | Top 1/8th of the passed candidates |
| A-2 | Next 1/8th of the passed candidates |
| B-1 | Next 1/8th of the passed candidates |
| B-2 | Next 1/8th of the passed candidates |
| C-1 | Next 1/8th of the passed candidates |
| C-2 | Next 1/8th of the passed candidates |
| D-1 | Next 1/8th of the passed candidates |
| D-2 | Next 1/8th of the passed candidates |
| E* | (The word/ phrase for this will be informed shortly) |
Students’ grading system is based on a 9-point scale in the CBSE Class 10 examination
Thus, the exam pattern has been changed to make it more “student-centric, transparent, technology-driven, and advance provision of alternatives for different future scenarios”, the CBSE had said.The CBSE is expected to direct the schools to take steps with aim at making the internal assessments and projects more credible and valid. The CBSE also wants to direct the schools to take steps aimed at making the internal assessments and projects more authentic. For classes 9 as well as 10, there will be three periodic tests, a student enrichment portfolio, practical work, and speaking listening activities. For classes 11 and 12, there will be unit tests at the end of every topic, exploratory activities, practicals, also projects.
The final results would be prepared by the CBSE on the basis of the internal assessment, practical, project work as well as theory marks of both the term exams.
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