Faulty evaluations not only disappoints students but also mars their future... Taking cognizance of this, the Board has reportedly warned evaluators that they could be expelled for their carelessness during the evaluation process.
“Our aim is to make the evaluation process error-free. We have engaged the best and most experienced teachers for evaluation and issued fresh guidelines apart from conducting several rounds of training to eliminate common mistakes done by teachers. Besides, there will be CCTV surveillance in evaluation centres,” Times of India quoted CBSE secretary, Anurag Tripathi as saying.
He further said that the evaluators, apart from the given guideline for evaluating the answer sheets, have been given the liberty to give marks for creative and innovative answers.
"We welcome the tough stance of CBSE towards evaluation of papers as it adversely affect the life of students. All hard works and future of a student shouldn't be ruined because of someone's callous attitude," said a parent.
CBSE recently released the date sheets for Class 10 and Class 12 board exams. The CBSE Class 10 board exam 2019 will begin on February 21 and go on till March 29 while the Class 12 board exam will begin in March.
It is said that as students are allowed with some element of choice in the choosing their subjects, they should have the choice of picking one of two levels within that subject.
As per NCF, with an aim to reduce overall student stress levels, the Board has decided to introduce two levels of examination in Mathematics for the students who are going to appear in the Board examination for the academic session ending March 2020 onwards.
The details of this scheme are as under:
1. The two levels of Examination will be held in the subject of Mathematics in the Board examination for Class X in the year 2020 and the same shall not be applicable to the internal assessment in class X.
2. There shall not be two levels of Assessment/Examination for class IX.
3. First level would be the same as the existing one, and the other would be an easier level.
4. The nomenclature for the two Examinations will be; Mathematics-Standard for the existing level of examination, and Mathematics-Basic for the easier level of examination.
5. The syllabus, class room teaching and internal assessment for both the levels of examination would remain the same; so that the students get an opportunity to study the whole range of topics throughout the year and are able to decide upon the level of Board examination depending upon their aptitude and abilities.
6. The Standard level will be meant for students who wish to opt for Mathematics at Sr. Secondary level and the Basic level would be for students not keen to pursue Mathematics at higher levels.
7. A student will have the right to choose between the two levels of Examination at the time of submission of List of Candidates (LoC) by the affiliated school to the Board online. In case student fails at any level of Mathematics, he/she can appear at the compartment examination as per norms of the Board according to the options given below:
8. In case of failure in Compartment options Mathematics, he/she can appear at the compartment examination as per norms of the Board.
There were reports that CBSE would release the date sheet by the end of December this year but new reports suggest that it will be released by mid January next year.
“The date sheet for the CBSE Class 10, 12 examinations 2019 will be released within the second week of January. All the students who will appear in the examinations can check the schedule through the official website, cbse.nic.in,” Indian Express quoted CBSE chairman Anita Karwal as saying.
CBSE will conduct the vocational examinations in February while exams of the core subjects are likely to begin from March 1, 2019.
Moreover, the board has revised the question paper format for both class 10 and 12. As per the circular released, the number of internal choices has been increased by about 33%. Almost all the core subjects will have 11 internal choices in various questions.
CBSE has also decided to continue with the changed passing criteria for class 10 for the second consecutive year. The revised passing criteria require students to score combined 33% mark to pass- it includes internal assessment (practical marks) and external (board exam) marks.
Citing a few media reports, CBSE said that mis-representing facts certain news under titles such as- “Dragged to court, CBSE clarifies fee for copy of answer sheets”, “Big relief for CBSE students: examination answer sheets to now be made available at Rs 2 per page”, “Ready to provide copy of answer sheets to candidates at Rs 2 per page: CBSE tells SC”- were published.
It is therefore pertinent to clarify that CBSE is already complying with RTI rules for charging fee for photocopies of answer sheets, the release read.
"The order of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India dated 29.10.2018 is reproduced here for public information: “It is stated that for furnishing photocopies of the answer-sheets fee as per the provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005 and Rules is being charged whereas if re-verification/re-valuation/re-totalling/re-checking of the answer-sheets/scripts along with the photocopies thereof is sought, fee as per the CBSE Regulations is charged.
Consequently, all similar applications have been closed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. As the RTI Act does not stipulate re-valuation/re/totalling of marks, the candidates who desire to have their answer sheets re-evaluated or their marks re-totalled, have to go through a separate procedure which requires them to pay the fee as prescribed by the Board."
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Besides, candidates who seek copies of answer sheets, under RTI Act are charged Rs 2 per page and Rs 10 as application fee mandated in the RTI Act. These are two separate processes and the board does not interlink them, the Board clarified.
For completing all the above mentioned activities successfully, CBSE has sought complete and correct data from the schools related to teachers. To facilitate the schools, the Board has introduced OASIS as a single window solution for many activities. Accordingly, OASIS has been used for Registration and LOC purposes.
The Board said in its notification that to ensure all preparations, timely and error fee, CBSE requires correct details of Principal/Vice Principal/Head Master/Head Mistress/PGT/TGT etc from schools.
As per the notification, the steps that should be followed during checking and updating data are:
1. Delete the name of teachers who are not on rolls of the school
2. Add names of teachers who are on the rolls of the school
3. Update the subject being taught by each teacher
4. No. of years of teaching experience as Principal/Vice Principal/Head Master/Head
Mistress/PGT/TGT etc. as the case may be.
5. All the schools are requested to provide the correct and complete data.
6. Data of all the teachers be given in OASIS.
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CBSE's recent direction is in line with its aims to increase the number of evaluation centres this year and so wants to appoint more functionaries in order to ensure error free and timely evaluation of answer books.
Meanwhile, the schools have been directed to complete the data correction activity by November 30, 2018.
Presently, students are required to secure 33% in Class 10 board exam and 33% in internal assessment.
CBSE may take a call related to it this week and if implemented, students have to achieve a combined 33% of marks to pass the exam, ThePrint reported citing authoritative sources.
A senior Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry official told ThePrint that the relaxation could now be granted for the next year too.
“The relaxation was given as a one-time measure but we feel that there is a need to extend it for next year too,” ThePrint quoted a senior Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry official as saying.
Pressure on students will be eased when they don't require to secure 33% marks each for the theory and the practicals. But CBSE will take a final call on the issue, he added.
The module was being worked on for quite some time and it has reached its final form on Friday, the official told IANS.
"Cheating is an individual malpractice. This year we are doing something special to bring down the instances of cheating. We will be issuing a module to the schools by next week. It talks about why cheating is unethical and immoral. It will have case studies to that effect," the official said requesting anonymity.
According to media reports, the number of cases of cheating during CBSE exams doubled in 2017 from the previous year, rising from 56 in 2016 to 119 in 2017. The official said the number is around a similar figure in 2018 also.
The official also assured of leak-proof exams this year.
CBSE's reputation of being a formidable examiner was delivered a blow in 2018 when question papers of Mathematics and Economics for Class 10 and 12 respectively were leaked to the students before the exams. The fiasco resulted in re-conducting of the Economics paper for Class 12 students.
"I cannot reveal the security mechanism we have brought in. But we have put in place a system which will help us identify any malpractice if it takes place. The system has been strengthened at all levels," said the official.
The official also debunked reports that the board is conducting exams early this year due to general election, saying its "completely wrong" and that early exams have nothing to do with the elections.
"We are conducting exams a little early this year at the instruction of the Delhi High Court, which had said that the schools results should not coincide in anyway with the Delhi University admission. To that effect, the results this year will be announced early in May," the official said.
[With IANS Inputs]
Apart from the personal details of students like date sheet, roll number and centre number, the Board has decided to include the category of the PwD students and exemptions provided, Timesnownews.com reported.
So, the students under the PwD category can now find the exemptions provided to them on their Admit Cards.
Please note, it is extremely important for student to check the exemptions provided. The code for the provided exemptions reportedly include: S = Scribe E = Extra Time A = Assistive Device L = Large Font P = Adult Prompter.
In case of any error in the Admit Cards related to the exemptions, students can apprise their respective school or institution with the issue for early rectification.
The organisation has been working for parents' issues, fee structure of private schools, examination discrepancies, etc. in CBSE, ICSE, BSE for the last 3-4 years.
They have alleged that there were faults in CBSE Class 10th Examination question papers this year which include questions out of the syllabus, confusions in 'OR' questions in Science, Mathematics and Hindi papers.
As more than 10000 students in Odisha are affected due to the anomalies, the parents had written their grievances to Chairperson and Secretary of CBSE, New Delhi and Regional, Eastern and Bhubaneswar heads of the course, yet no action was taken in this regard, the Abhibhabak Mahasangha alleged.
Recently, the parents had also written to the Principal Secretary to Department of School and Mass Education, Odisha and raised the issue before the HRD ministry.
"We urge for your kind intervention and request HRD Ministry in this regard for the benefit of students," the organisation mentioned in the letter to Odisha Governor.
The Board has observed that neither the schools nor the students are fully aware about these exemptions and are also not following correct way of seeking available exemptions during their course of studies and examinations.
Keeping this in mind, the Board has decided to update and compile all exemptions/concessions so that stakeholders are aware about the same.
The changes made will supersede all earlier Circulars. These exemptions/concessions will be applicable for the 2020 examination onwards, stated the notice issued by the Controller of Examinations.
For more details on consolidated exemptions/concessions along with Standard Operation Procedures for seeking exemptions, CHECK OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION.
The last date to submit the LOC with normal fee is September 30, 2019 while the deadline to submit the same with late fee fine is October 15, 2019, informed the CBSE in the notification.
“The last date with normal fee is approaching fast. All schools are requested to ensure that LOC with normal fee may be submitted as per schedule only. If LOC is submitted after last date i.e. September 30, such cases will invite the late fee. All schedules will remain unaltered,” said the CBSE.
The CBSE also directed the schools to ensure-
The CBSE had started the process of submission of LOC from August 2, 2019. School can submit the LOC through e-Pariksha- link-http://cbse.nic.in/newsite/reg2019.html
As per the earlier notification issued by the CBSE, only those students shall be allowed to appear for class 10 and 12 Examination to be held in February/March/April in 2020 whose names are submitted through the online process for LOC.
“All CBSE affiliated schools are required to register themselves before proceeding for online submission of LOC. Schools must use the ‘Affiliation Number’ as user ID, already available with them,” said the CBSE.
It may be noted that the candidates will be provided question papers in the same medium as filled in the LOC. This means, if a student opts for English as a medium, he will be supplied Question Paper (QP) in only English language.
Similarly, if a student opts for Hindi as medium, he will be supplied bilingual QP i.e. in Hindi & English. The CBSE has therefore asked the schools to take the consent of the student about the medium of QP and fill the correct option only to avoid last minute problem.
Any issue that may arise in this regard at the time of examination, shall entirely be the responsibility of the school, said the CBSE
It is the need of the hour keeping in mind country's future, CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi said at the school education summit organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
He said, "While this year students of Class 10 will get 20 per cent objective questions and 10 per cent questions would be based on creative thinking, by 2023 question papers for classes 10 and 12 will be based on creative, innovative and critical thinking."
Vocational subjects do not find many takers in India due to factors like lack of employability, poor value and absence of stability in the market, he said.
"There is also a need to promote proper linkages and bonding among key stakeholders in the schooling system including infrastructure, teachers, parents and students," he added.
He suggested that schools must devote more time to teachers who need to be trained rigorously and be groomed for three to six months to become mentors, highly motivated communicator, expressive, have critical thinking and emotional balance.
Talking about the new education policy, he said it aims at bridging the gap between vocational and main subjects.
"The new policy has recommended that vocational subjects need to be a part of the five subjects, it would be a good move. The NEP also focuses on different aspects like early childhood care, teacher training, promoting vocational education and thus, it would be a challenge to implement the same," he said.
His views were echoed by CBSE Director (Training and Skill Education) Biswajit Saha who said that schools in India need to focus on students' capability and not employability, implement adaptive and project-based learning and follow children-centric methodology in the classroom.
"The flexibility in the system should be adapted in the curriculum transaction process to keep students' mindset and what they need in mind. With respect to the common curriculum, whatever subjects are being offered, the room is very much there to introduce activity-based curriculum.
"If we want to really upgrade the system, then competency-based education needs to be implemented in the school systems which requires strong connect with the child," he said.
Young students can shape up their career orientation only when they are not loaded with content-based curriculum. The flexibility in the system should be adapted by the school curriculum and the focus needs to be on activity-based skill formation of students, he added.