NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will start the board exams for Classes 10 and 12 from November 16 onwards. The admit cards for the same will be released on November 9 for both classes.
These are Term-I exams which will be held in MCQ-only format. Students will have to fill circles given on a sheet of paper to mark their answers. The OMR sheets will be provided to the schools from the board itself. Each OMR sheet will be customized, said CBSE in an official notice.
The duration of the exams will be of 90 minutes and will be held for half the exam only. The Term-II exams will be held in March, April 2022. Term-II will be of subjective format. Board exams will be held for 'major subjects. After the controversy of the Punjab government being irked by called Punjabi 'minor' subject, the board has taken back the term major and minor and instead is using the term "subject offered by all schools" and "subjects offered by some schools."
> The duration of the board exam will be 90 Minutes (1 hour 30 mins)
> The board exam will begin from 11:30 instead of 10:30 am keeping in view the winter session
> The reading time has been increased from 15 minutes to 20 minutes
> Practicals or internals will constitute 50% of total marks
> Schools will have to upload practical marks at the official portal by December 23.
> No external examiner will be appointed in term-1 exams by CBSE for practicals
> Schools will use their own answer book for practical
> For every 500 students there will be one observer
> For more than 500 students, CBSE will send 2 observers
> CBSE will also appoint city coordinators at all exam centres
> CBSE will provide customized OMR sheets online to examination centres
> A copy of the OMR sheet will be provided to schools for practice
> Separate sheet will be given for rough work
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