Grading system for CBSE schools approved
From the coming academic year (2010-11), the Class X board exams will become optional in all CBSE schools. Vital facts of foreign study loans
���Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) supports making Class X examination optional in CBSE system,��� announced Kapil Sibal at a press conference on Monday.
���There is a pan-India consensus over the issue. So we have decided to go ahead with this,��� Sibal said.
Sibal also said that government will set up Educational Tribunals to look into malpractices and grievances of students.
An independent collegium will appoint Vice Chancellors.
���Government will set up National Commission for Higher Education and Research,��� said Sibal.
From the coming academic year (2010-11), the Class X board exams will become optional in all CBSE schools.
Sources said CBSE has prepared the format of an aptitude exam which schools can use to test Class X students on their level of understanding in each subject. The emphasis, however, will be on continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) through the year instead of a single public exam at the end of Class X.
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