The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will start the 10th and 12th board exams from November 16. These are term 1 exams and will be conducted in MCQ format only. Students have to fill in the given circles on a sheet of paper to mark their answers. CBSE will issue OMR sheets to the schools. Each OMR sheet will be customized, CBSE said.
CBSE Board offers more than 100 subjects for class 12 students and more than 70 subjects for class 10. Board will conduct examination for only major (subjects offered by all schools) subjects. “If the examination of all subjects is conducted, then the entire duration of the examination will be around 40-45 days. Therefore, in order to avoid loss of learning to the students, CBSE will conduct examinations only for “subjects offered by all schools,” the board said in the notice.
After the Controversy with the Punjab Government:
Term-1 exam will be conducted for a duration of 90 minutes. It will be conducted only for half the exam. Term-II Exam will be held in March, April 2022. Term-II examination will be conducted in subjective format. CBSE, Board exams will be conducted only for “MAJOR” subjects. Following a controversy over Punjab government calling Punjabi a “MINOR” subject, the board has withdrawn the words Major and Minor and instead using the terms “SUBJECTS OFFERED BY ALL SCHOOLS” and “SUBJECTS OFFERED BY SOME SCHOOLS”.
Apart from the exam pattern, many changes have been made in the exam which include:
The board will conduct two exams this year. Term-1 exams to be held in November-December are more important as CBSE in an earlier circular had said that “if Term-2 exams are not conducted due to the CORONA-19 situation, Then the result will be announced. On the basis of Term-1 examination.
Students who are living in a city different from their school will also get a chance to apply for change in the exam centre. Board in a statement said that the board is trying to allot their schools as examination centres to the students to ensure minimum travel. Not only for regular students but also for students who register in open mode, examination centres will be allotted around them to ensure minimum travel.
