The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has brought out a plan for Class 10 and 12 Board examinations for academic year 2021-2022. Rather of one Board exam at the end of the year, the scholastic session has actually been bifurcated into 2 terms, with the Board performing examinations at the end of each.

In an alert released on Monday, the Board likewise revealed that the syllabus for the year will be rationalised on the lines of what was performed in the last academic year, when the syllabus was decreased by 30%. The rationalised curriculum will be split in half throughout the 2 terms.

Term I examinations are to be held in November-December 2021, and will have Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) covering only the first half of the rationalized curriculum. These exams will be of 90-minute duration. The Board will send the concern papers and the marking schemes to schools, which will carry out the examinations under the guidance of external inspectors and observers, and send the results to the Board.

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While the outcomes of both the term-end exams will add to the final total score, the Board has actually produced a basket of 4 alternatives depending on the Covid circumstance.

Term II tests are to be held in March-April 2022 at examination centres fixed by the Board. These examinations will be two-hour-long documents with questions in different formats, but “in case the scenario is not favorable for typical detailed examinations”, Term II examinations too will remain in the kind of 90-minute MCQ documents.

The 4 circumstances:

1) If both the term-end exams can be held at the centres, theory marks will be dispersed uniformly between both examinations.

2) If schools have to be closed at the time of Term I trainees and examinations need to write the examinations offline or online from their homes, but Term II tests can be held at the centres, “the weightage of [Term I] examination for the final rating would be reduced, and weightage of Term II examinations will be increased for statement of outcome”.

3) If it is the other way around– Term I exams are held in school, however Term II tests cant be held at the centre and trainees take it offline or online– “outcomes would be based on the performance of trainees on Term I MCQ-based assessment and internal evaluations. The weightage of marks of Term I examination … will be increased to offer year-end results”.

4) If neither of the tests can be held at schools or centres, the results will be calculated on the basis of internal assessments and practicals, and theory marks of Term I and II tests taken by the trainees from house “subject to the moderation or other measures to make sure credibility and dependability of the evaluation”.

In a circular to heads of all CBSE-affiliated schools, Director (Academics) Joseph Emmanuel composed that the experience of the previous year “necessitated considerations over alternative ways to look at the learning objectives in addition to the conduct of the Board Examinations for the academic session 2021-22 in case the circumstance remains impractical”.

For scholastic year 2020-2021, the Board had actually tried to continue with its existing last assessment system however needed to eventually cancel the exams for both Class 10 and 12 and is currently computing the last results of trainees based upon examinations performed previously, practical examinations and internal assessments.

Term I examinations are to be held in November-December 2021, and will have Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) covering only the very first half of the rationalized syllabus. These tests will be of 90-minute duration. The Board will send the question papers and the marking plans to schools, which will conduct the tests under the guidance of external inspectors and observers, and send the results to the Board.