Amid growing demand by students to cancel CBSE Class 12 Board exams 2021 due to rising coronavirus cases, a CBSE official recently told a leading web portal that the CBSE may follow the assessment plan of class 10 if the COVID situation fails to improve. “It’s too early to say, but if the situation worsens, the CBSE may follow the assessment plan of class 10”, the official told a leading portal.
The official also asked how the students of CBSE Class 12 students will take admission in varsities if the examinations are postponed and results are announced by August-end. “We can not further delay conducting the exam after July as the entire exam process takes more than a month including evaluation of copies and result declaration”, he said while speaking to India TV.
Meanwhile, several several media reports have claimed that the CBSE is planning to hold Class 12 Board Exams 2021 after July and a final decision in this regard will be taken on during the meeting of the government and the education department officials on June 1.
Assessment Plan of CBSE Class 10 Board Exams 2021
As per the special criterion decided by the CBSE, for every subject, Class 10 students will be given 20 marks based on internal assessment and 80 marks will be given on the basis of a new formulae designed by the CBSE. The CBSE has asked the schools to upload marks of internal assessment of each student by June 11.
Breakdown of marks as per the new criteria:
10 marks for Unit Tests
30 marks for half yearly exams
40 marks for pre-boards
If any student is not satisfied with the result, he/she will be given an opportunity by the CBSE to appear in the exams as and when the conditions are conductive to hold the papers.
