Unlike this year’s class 10th and 12th grade pupils, the class of 2021-2022 will take their board exams in a different style.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) issued a statement addressing the new exam format for students in grades 10 and 12.
Students will have to take two board exams instead of one.
The board announced on Monday that as the syllabus was lowered to 30% last year, it will be decreased in the same way this year, but it will be split in half during the year diving the year into two terms.
Multiple choice questions (MCQs) will be administered for 90 minutes in Term 1 with the provided syllabus in November or December 2021. The board will submit the questions to the schools, which will administer the tests under the supervision of examiners while keeping safety in mind, and the results will be sent to the board.
Term 2 will take place at the end of the academic year in March 2022, much like a regular board test. These exams will be held at the board’s designated testing centres and will last two hours. The exam will be lengthy, with questions in a variety of formats; but, if the circumstances do not allow for the exams to be held, they will be held in 90-minute multiple-choice questions (MCQ’s) like in the first term.
At the end of both periods, the output will be evaluated and included into the final result. Based on covid19, the board came up with four choices.
- If both terms are completed, the theory marks will be distributed evenly between the two terms.
- If students are required to write tests online at home in term 1, they will be required to deliver exams only at centres in the second term, and the weightage of term one will be reduced.
- If, on the other hand, term one examinations are held at school and term two exams are held at home, the outcome will be determined by MCQs and internal assessment done in term one. The weighting of term 1 will be increased.
- If no tests are held at schools or centres and are instead administered online, grades will be based on internal assessment, practicals, and theory.
The schools will continue to teach in online mode till authorities permit offline school.
