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March 11, 2022
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5 min
2 years
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Tagged Board exams, CBSE, Covid - 19, Grading System, Pattern

The New Pattern of Board Exams | CBSE

12th. The latest pattern is updated into two board exams or term-end exams, which is based on CBSE Internal Assessment.

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 10^th also of class 12^th. 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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Social Versus Spatial Distancing | The Irony In Pandemic

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March 7, 2022
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2 years
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Tagged Covid - 19, Infected patients, Isolation, Pandemic, Social distancing

Social Versus Spatial Distancing | The Irony In Pandemic

emphasises closeness and intimacy while opposing formality and distance in interpersonal relationships, social distancing

Keywords:- Pandemic, Social distancing, Covid – 19, Isolation, Infected patients

Author: Dr. Saumya Lal

Introduction

The new coronavirus has impacted individuals all over the world, and state and municipal governments are taking drastic measures to prevent the disease’s spread and reduce the outbreak’s public health and economic consequences.

Social Distance

Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, a socially undesirable and culturally sensitive phenomenon known as social distance has become a term in common conversation. In Indian culture, appropriate intimacy and acceptable physical proximity are prized over the concepts of seclusion and social distance. Along with the pandemic’s impact on the economy and livelihood, the increase in COVID-19 cases and subsequent prescriptions for social distance have shown a fascinating and overlooked societal consequence of the epidemic. The practice of “maintaining at least six feet distance in social interactions,” with all of its symbolism and practical implications. It has been the single most effective non-pharmaceutical intervention in combating the recent worldwide upsurge of the previously unprecedented pandemic caused by the spread of COVID-19.

The term “social distance” was coined to describe this concept, and we saw how it influenced the socio-political discourses of the time, as well as the practices and habits of our everyday interactions and standards of conduct. In a society that emphasises closeness and intimacy while opposing formality and distance in interpersonal relationships, social distancing as “a concept” and “a rule” in the context of social interactions is, in some ways, new. The dialectic between the “need of the hour” and “traditional norm demand” draws sociologists to reconsider many aspects of “distance.”

Distance

The distance in question isn’t just physical or geographical. It takes on a culturally created and socially significant significance. Anthony Giddens (2009), a renowned British social theorist, has educated us of the standards that individuals from many regions of the world observe while interacting with others in public spaces. He observes, for example, that in Western society, individuals generally maintain a distance of at least three feet while speaking or interacting with others face to face.

In practice, Indians, on the other hand, rarely adhere to the social distance criterion. In this way, the recent pandemic has produced a new standard that is incompatible with our existing cultural mindset. We typically encourage others to come closer as a sign of closeness to prevent geographical distance and loneliness. As a result, distance is no longer only a geographical notion; it has numerous connotations in various cultural contexts and interactions. This is a fluid, culturally distinct process.

Fear

These coping methods are meant to eliminate imminent future hazards for apparent reasons. Not to mention the fact that fear arises from the worry of bad outcomes. Fear is not created by rewarding outcomes. From the perspective of the individual concerned, the degree of negativity (and its likelihood) determines the degree of dread. In the minds of two distinct people, the same stimuli may elicit various types and degrees of dread. Fear is context-specific as well as individual-specific in this way.

The real dynamics of social distance are determined by these combinations. Based on the current evidence, men appear to be more vulnerable to COVID-19. The tendency is the same in our nation as it is in other countries: male patients outweigh female patients. So far (as of 11 May 2021), 65.49 percent of COVID-19-infected male patients in India are men, whereas 34.51 percent of female COVID-19-infected patients are females (based on available data).

Space and Location

As a consequence, an intriguing transition of “space” surrounding a person’s body into “location” occurs. It’s important to distinguish between a “space” and a “location” here. “Place” is more than just a geographical region or an abstract concept of space; it is the place where we dwell, the place that provides us comfort and relieves us of the dread of being attacked by an unknown adversary. It’s a psychological transformation of space. In a temporal connection with people, a foreign area gradually becomes our place, perhaps for a few minutes. Our cultural behaviours emerge through time. As a result, a space is formed and inhabited.

When we feel at ease inside the confines of space, within the tolerance limit, some expressive and symbolic elements are added. The sensation of safety works as a trigger for transforming an area into a destination. For some, the same space is a location, whereas for others it is merely a geographical space. Multiple representations of space are a word that may be used to describe it. From a psycho-cultural standpoint, the concept of “social distance” takes on new significance. To combat the COVID-19 epidemic, social distance and isolation have been widely implemented. Because of the negative social, psychological, and economic repercussions of a total or near-complete lockdown, more moderate contact-reduction strategies must be developed.

Flattening the Curve

We examine the effectiveness of three distancing methods meant to maintain the curve flat and aid compliance in a post-lockdown future using a social network methodology. Limiting engagement to a few recurring connections, comparable to building social bubbles; finding similarity across contacts; strengthening communities through triadic techniques are some of these strategies. By preserving physical distance and limiting social contacts. The non-pharmaceutical intervention of social distancing is a critical approach to decrease the spread of COVID-19.

To minimize overburdening healthcare facilities, the goal is to reduce illness transmission and growth rates, a strategy known as flattening the curve. Bans on public events, the closure of schools, colleges, and non-essential workplaces, the limitation of public transit, travel and mobility restrictions, and the restriction of physical encounters are all examples of social distancing measures. Governments and organisations are under economic and social pressure to progressively and safely open up societies in the absence of a COVID-19 vaccination, but they lack scientific data on how to do so.

Conclusion

By allowing users to distinguish between high- and low-impact interactions, we give explicit social network-based solutions. To empower individuals and organisations to adopt safer contact patterns across many domains. Individuals are empowered to strategically alter as well as regulate their relationships without being asked to totally isolate, which may lead to better compliance. Instead of broad rules of self-isolation, the focus should be on comparable, community-based, and repeatable practices.

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