New Delhi: CBSE is planning to conduct board exams for Class 10, and 12 only once from the upcoming academic year, 2022-23 session. as the Covid-19 pandemic cases are now under control.
Last year, the board issued two sets of board examinations for students in classes 10 and 12 to prepare for an unprecedented situation that could develop as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. The first set of examinations took place between November and December 2021 in MCQ style, while the second set of exams will take place on April 26, 2022 as a subjective type.
CBSE Class 10 Term 2 Exam Pattern 2022
Since the decision was proposed in the NEP 2020, there was anticipation that the board would continue the two-term exam practice in the future as well.
A senior official at CBSE, said, “The board decided to conduct two-term exams for the session 2021-22 in order to avert any unprecedented situation caused by the pandemic. Even as the NEP 2020 favours two-term exams, it has been decided to switch to the previous practice for now and conduct one set of board exams at the end of the academic year. The stakeholders also suggested one exam policy .”
CBSE Class 12 Term 2 Exam Pattern 2022
The decision came amid when school-leaving board examinations will no longer be used to determine admission to all central and many state universities. The CUET score, a centrally controlled entrance exam, will now be used to select students to get admissions beginning this year which may lessen the significance of the board examinations.
Meanwhile, the board has yet to decide the weightage to be granted to the term 1 and term 2 exams for the 2021-22 batch. “The board has received a large number of representations from schools requesting that more weightage be given to the second term exams. It is examining the representations to make a decision regarding the weightage,” the CBSE official added.
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