CBSE Class 10, 12 exam dates 2021: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exam calendar for classes 10 and 12 has been published. Board examinations will be held between May 4 and June 10; The detailed date sheet is expected to be published soon. The practical exam for classes 10 and 12 will begin on March 1.
Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal announced the exam schedule. He also announced that the results of the CBSE board exams for classes 10 and 12 will be announced before July 15. The decision was made after several representations of state governments, students and teachers before delay board exams that usually take place in February or March. The Delhi government previously appealed to the central government not to drive before May to give students a reasonable time to study in schools.
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Practical exams: The practical exams for the applicants to the board will begin from March 1. Previously, the minister had announced that there will be a alternative to practical exams if schools remain closed. However, now several states have reopened their schools and students in classes 9-12 have begun to attend classes physically as well.
Exam pattern: Although the exams will be conducted in offline mode, as usual, the type of questions to be asked has changed. As previously reported by indianexpress.com, this year there will be more application-based questions in the board exams. There will be more questions based on case studies where students will be given a paragraph and they will have to answer questions after reading the paragraph. This will test students on their reading, comprehension, interpretation, and response writing skills. The revised sample papers from both class 10 and 12 exams have been posted on the official website- cbse.nic.in.
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Curriculum cut: Due to the pandemic, classes have been held online during the current academic year. This has resulted in unequal opportunities for students, especially those belonging to the economically weaker sectors of society. To make up for the loss of academic hours, 30% of the total curriculum has been cut. In addition, there will be 33% internal options.
Mask and COVID-19 precautions: This year too, candidates will be required to sit for exams amid strict precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of masks will be essential and social distancing will be maintained. Last year, several newspapers were canceled following the March pandemic outbreak. the the students were evaluated on the basis of a new evaluation scheme, the result was published in July. In 2020, around 18 lakh of students showed up for the class 10 exams, while 12 lakh of students for the twelfth board exam.
Pre-boards: Before the exams, there will be pre-meetings and most schools keep their preview boards online due to the lack of approval from the state government or the unwillingness of parents to send their children to school amid the new strain of the COVID-19 virus. The key concerns of most schools are that students have little writing practice in a test-like situation and that there is no anti-cheat mechanism.
Bishwajit Banerjee, Principal of VidyaGyan Bulandshahr said they are eager to start the school with students physically present. However, the only option is to do it online. “For students, writing continuously for three hours is a challenge in online mode. Therefore, we can consider a shorter questionnaire and therefore a shorter examination duration. CBSE is also increasing the objectives section of the document to reduce the duration, ”he said.
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