CBSE board exams for 2022 to be held in two parts, on limited syllabus

For these students, there will be two board exams - it will be called term-I and term-II exams, respectively. Each exam will be held on 50 per cent syllabus delivered to students in the said term.

By ET Online | Updated: Jul 06, 2021, 09.57 AM IST

CBSE announces new rules for year 2021-22; session to be split into two terms, 50% syllabus in each term

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to rationalize the syllabus for the academic session 2021-22 for Classes 10 and 12.

For these students, there will be two board exams - term-I and term-II. Each exam will be held on 50 per cent syllabus delivered to students in the said term.

Here are the key decisions:

The term-end exams will be of 90-minutes duration.
The exams will be conducted under the supervision of external center superintendents and observers appointed by CBSE.
CBSE will set the question paper and send it to the schools along with the marking scheme.
Marks of both term-I and II will be contributed in the final overall score of students.
The term-I will be held in November-December while the term-II will be held in March-April.
Term-I exams will have MCQs including case-based MCQs and assertion-reasoning type MCQs.
Paper-II will have questions on different formats.
Internal assessment will be given more credit; data collection will start from the beginning of the new academic year.
For classes 9 to 10, three periodic tests, student enrichment, portfolio, and practical work, speaking listening activities will be conducted.
For classes 11 and 12 the internal assessment will include unit tests, exploratory activities, practicals, and projects.

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