New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE) on Monday issued a circular to the affiliated
institutions about its examination reforms under which the
Class-X board exam will be scrapped from 2011 while grading
system will be introduced from 2010.
The CBSE directive follows a formal announcement of
the examination reforms by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal earlier
this month.
However, students wanting to opt for the board exams
in class X can do so under the "exam on demand".
Over eight lakh students appearing for their class X
exams in March 2010 have to take Board exams whose results
will be declared through grading system replacing the marks
system.
From 2011, the grading system will continue but the
board exams will be conducted only on demand by a student, an
option which will be available to all.
Along with the grading system, CBSE will also
initiate a "continuous, comprehensive evaluation" which will
test the curricular and co-curricular activities of students.
Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system
will be put in place from October this year for those who are
completing class-X in 2011. The CCE refers to a system of
school-based evaluation of students, covering all aspects of
their development.
Bureau Report
