The Central Board of Secondary Educationon Saturday has announced the assessment criterion to declare the results ofClass X canceled board exams. The Board has explained the assessment procedureon its official site cbse.gov.in.
To declare the final results,the school will have to constitute a committee consisting of the Principal andseven teachers. However, two out of seven teachers will be from neighboringschools, which the schools will co-opt as the external members of the Committee.
Under the new procedure of assessment,students will be evaluated on the basis of marks obtained in the tests andexams held during the academic year. Assessment will be done out of a maximumof 100 marks for each subject. For this, 20 marks will be part of the Internal Assessmentdone by schools, and 80 marks will be based on periodic tests, half-yearlyexams, or pre-board examinations.
As per the Board’s notice on evaluation,“The marks should be in consonance with the past performance of the school inClass 10 Board examinations.”
However, if the schools haveconducted more than one examination, the committee will have to fix theweightage to be provided to each exam.
The CBSE statement further added, “As marks will be allocated atschool level, they will strictly not be comparable across schools due to thevariations in the quality of question papers, the evaluation standard andprocesses, the mode of conduct of exams, etc. Therefore, to ensure standardization,each school will have to internally moderate the marks to account for theschool-level variations by using a reliable reference standard.”
It may be noted here that forthe students who missed to appear in any of tests during the academic year, the school will conduct one to one assessment either offline, online or telephonicto record documentary evidence of it.
For the students who could notappear for the school examination due to a certain disability, the school may considerother activities such as portfolios, presentations, project, quiz and oraltests give done by such candidates during the session.
Pertinently, the Board will also give the grace marks to thestudents who would miss the minimum requirement to qualify for the exams whilecomputing the results.
“In case after application ofgrace marks policy by the Board, any student not able to meet the qualifyingcriterion, he/she will be placed in “Essential Repeat” or “Compartment”Category,” it added.
CBSE in April decided tocall off the Class X board exams due to the unprecedented surge in theCoronavirus cases across India.