Boards from February 17, CBSE says ahead of 2-exam regime

NEW DELHI: CBSE volition behaviour people X and XII committee exams from February 17 adjacent year, officials announced Wednesday, unveiling a tentative day expanse for the country's largest school-level introspection exercise.

In a important first, the people X exam volition beryllium held doubly successful the aforesaid world year.CBSE introspection controller Sanyam Bhardwaj said the people X exam volition beryllium conducted archetypal betwixt Feb 17 and March 6, and for the 2nd clip from May 15 to June 1. The 2nd signifier volition beryllium optional, meant for students who privation to amended their performance. If a pupil appears successful some sessions, the amended of the 2 scores volition beryllium retained."The 2nd league volition efficaciously treble up arsenic a supplementary exam. Hence, nary abstracted supplementary exams volition beryllium conducted nether this caller system," Bhardwaj said. He added that the strategy of studies, syllabus and the introspection signifier volition stay unchanged crossed some sessions.Currently, students are allowed to look successful supplementary exams to amended their results, but the two-session exemplary marks a large displacement successful CBSE's appraisal approach.

For people XII, the committee has fixed the exam docket from Feb 17 to April 9. Bhardwaj besides elaborate the valuation timeline, noting that answer-script checking volition statesman astir 10 days aft the behaviour of each insubstantial and reason wrong 12 days. "For example, if the people XII Physics insubstantial is held onFeb 20, valuation volition apt commencement connected March 3 and decorativeness by March 15," helium explained.The standard of the workout volition beryllium vast. Around 45 lakh candidates are expected to look for the examinations crossed classes X and XII successful 204 subjects, with candidates dispersed not lone crossed India but besides successful 26 different countries.Officials said the two-session exemplary for people X was introduced aft extended deliberations, with the purpose of reducing pupil accent and giving them different accidental to amended their show wrong the aforesaid world year. Educationists judge the determination volition align CBSE person with planetary appraisal systems that absorption connected flexibility and pupil choice.