CBSE Board Exams 2021: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday announced a policy for tabulation of marks for class 10 board exams which have been cancelled in view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country. According to the policy, while 20 marks for each subject will be for internal assessment as every year, 80 marks will be calculated on basis of the students’ performance in various tests or exams throughout the year.
“The students will be assessed out of maximum 100 marks for each subject. As per the policy of the board, 20 marks are for internal assessment and 80 marks are for year-end board examinations.
How Class 10 marks will be evaluated?
As per updates from the CBSE, the new composition of year-end or Board exams for Class 9 and 10 students, 30% marks will be allocated for Competency Based Questions. These questions will be in the form of MCQs, Case-based questions, Source-based Integrated questions or any other types. Apart from this, 20% marks will be for Objective-type questions and the remaining 50% marks for short or long answer questions as per the existing pattern.
On the other hand, for Class 11 and 12 students, the Competency Based Questions will make up for 20% marks, 20% for Objective-type questions and the remaining 60% marks for short or long answer questions as per the existing pattern.
CBSE’s new evaluation practice:
In the meantime, the CBSE has asked all its schools to adopt NCERT Learning Outcomes and made changes in the examination and assessment practices. The CBSE has also written a letter to heads of all affiliated schools recommending the new practices that are in line with the National Education Policy 2020.
“At a time when home-schooling and online education has become relevant, the traditional method of assessment will become redundant, which if continued further can be misinterpreted by both teachers as well as students,” Biswajit Saha, director, Training and Skill Development, CBSE, told Times of India.
He said the CBSE will soon transform the focus from ‘assessment of learning to assessment for learning’. “The assessment will shift from testing primarily rote memorisation skills to one that tests students’ higher-order skills, such as analysis, critical thinking, and conceptual clarity,” Saha added.
How to download CBSE class 12 sample papers:
Meanwhile, students who will be appearing for the CBSE class 12 board exams can download the sample papers online at cbseacademic.nic.in and can start their preparation accordingly. They need to do the following steps to download Class 12 sample papers.
1) Visit the official website at cbseacademic.nic.in
2) On the homepage, click on CBSE Board Exam 2021 sample papers
3) A new page will appear on the display screen
4) Select the CBSE class 12 sample papers
5) The CBSE class 12 sample papers will be displayed on the screen
6) Download the subject wise sample paper
