CBSE Boards 2022 To Be Held In Two Parts, Syllabus Reduced: All You Need To Know About It

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced that the academic term for students of Class 10 and 12 will be bifurcated, and two separate exams to be held at the end of the academic year 2021-22. Results of both exams will contribute to the overall final score. The move has been made keeping in mind the Covid pandemic.

The board exams for the 2021 batch will be held in two terms with 50 per cent syllabus in each term. A systematic approach -- looking into the interconnectivity of concepts and topics by subject experts -- will be followed. CBSE issued a notice to all the affiliated schools informing the same.

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Special scheme 2021-22

For the academic session 2021-22 board has decided to divide the syllabus into two terms. Students will have to go through approximately 50% syllabus in each term. Subjects will be bifurcated only by subject experts.

Exam pattern will be similar to semester or half-yearly exams as exams will be conducted at the end of term. Only 50% syllabus will be considered for the first term and rest will be considered in final term.

However, Board is yet to rationalize the syllabus for the conduct of Class 10 and class 12 board exams. It is being predicted that rationalization will be similar to the last academic session and will be notified in July.

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The official notification reads, "Academic session 2021-22 of class 10th & 12th to be divided into 2 terms with approx 50% syllabus in each term. Syllabus for Board examination 2021-22 will be rationalized similar to that of last academic session to be notified in July 2021¡±.

This year CBSE took the decision of cancelling the board exams for both class 10th and 12th due to the pandemic. The scheme is expected to improve quality of assessment of learning outcomes for Class 10 and class 12 for academic session 2021-22.

Internal assessment

It is to be noted that internal exams for Class 9 and Class 10 students will continue throughout the year. Conduction of internal assessments won¡¯t be affected by term-end exams.

Unit tests, exploratory activities, practicals, projects will not be affected by this decision. Schools are free to announce their own date sheet for internal exams.

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However, guidelines for internal assessment will be provided by CBSE. Schools will have to upload marks of Internal Assessment on the CBSE IT platform.

Term-end exam

As of now, the CBSE has planned to hold the Term I exams in November-December 2021, and Term II exams in March-April 2022. The format of the two exams will also be different.

Term I question paper will have MCQs including case-based MCQs and MCQs on the assertion-reasoning type. The duration of the test will be 90 minutes.

As per the official notification of the board, "In case the situation of the pandemic forces complete closure of schools during November-December 2021, but Term II exams are held at schools or centers.

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The term I MCQ-based examination would be done by students online/offline from home - in this case, the weightage of this exam for the final score would be reduced, and the weightage of Term II exams will be increased for declaration of the final result¡¯.

It further added, "In case the situation of the pandemic forces complete closure of schools during March-April 2022, but Term I exams are held at schools or centers. Results would be based on the performance of students on Term I MCQ-based examination and internal assessments. The weightage of marks of Term I examination conducted by the Board will be increased to provide year-end results of candidates."