CBSE Board Students Helpline

CBSE has decided to go strongly on making the Class X board exam optional and implement CCE grading system and other alternatives, says Asok Kumar,. As per the new system, CBSE has prepared the format of an aptitude exam which schools can use to test Class X students on their level of understanding in each subject. The emphasis, however, will be on continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) through the year instead of a single public exam at the end of Class X. As per the new system, students who don't take the board exam, yet want a Class X certificate can take an online exam. The certificate issued after the online examination will be equivalent to the Class X certificate. According to Kumar, who is also the CEO of Indian High School, in the absence of board exams in Grade X, schools will have to evolve a mechanism by which streams can be awarded to students in Grade X1. "Till now, it has been done on the basis of their marks scored in Grade X exams. So there has to be s...

LUDHIANA: The Central Board of Secondary Education is all set to roll out the grading system and do away with the conventional method of evaluation. Though, CBSE is formulating a detailed plan for this, teachers and parents are apprehensive of the implementation of the decision that is hanging fire since last many years. Students and teachers are desperately awaiting the implementation of the grading system. A source in CBSE regional office revealed that they have been asked to submit a proposal in this regard, to clarify certain issues, including how grading should actually be done. Talking about it, Paramjit Kaur, principal BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School said, “With each passing year, the level of competition is increasing, giving sleepless nights to students and even their parents. If the authorities introduce the grading system, there would be nothing like it and it would definitely help the students in a big way. Navita, whose daughter has recently passed class X exams sai...