5 Major Changes From New Academic Year
- 14-Jul-2022
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CBSE Board Exams 2023: 5 Major Changes From New Academic Year
New Delhi: Even as lakhs of students are eagerly waiting for the CBSE Class 10, 12 Board Results 2022, the board has in the meantime decided to bring major changes in the CBSE Board Exams 2023. The board is planning to bring large-scale changes in the assessment process from next academic year.
CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi said many of the changes have already been introduced in some schools and based on those experiences, other changes will be followed by all schools from the next academic year.
- 20% Internal Assessment for All Subjects
Saying that a three-hour-long examination cannot judge the competence of the student.Giving details, he said 20% of internal assessments will be held in papers where there are no practical exams. The new experiment is taken on the basis of the National Education Policy (NEP) and added that the students will be assessed by teachers, parents and peer groups and 20% marks will be given on that basis.
- 33% more questions for more options
Talking about other changes, Tripathi said there will be two types of structural changes in the question papers. In the first change, the CBSE will increase the number of questions by 33% internally to provide more options to students. This change, he said, will make the question papers longer and students will have multiple options.
Focus on critical thinking
In the second change, the CBSE secretary said the papers would be based on the type of questions and added that the questions from next academic session will be skill-based and competency-based so that students can think analytically and critically.
- Assessment survey of students in Classes 3, 5 and 8
Taking about another major change, Anurag Tripathi said the CBSE assessment process will be based on the evaluation of a student in Classes 3, 5 and 8. He said till now, there was no idea about the level of a student from Class 1 to 10. However, he added that from now, the CBSE will do an assessment survey of these students in Classes 3, 5 and 8.
- Holistic assessment cards for students
Giving further details, Tripathi said the CBSE is also planning to introduce holistic assessment cards for the students. Through the assessment card, a student will be evaluated by teachers, parents, and the peer group, and the students will also do a self-assessment for themselves.
