CBSE Releases Assessment and Evaluation Criteria for Classes 9th to 12th for New Academic Session 2021-22

April 23, 2021, 9:53 pm


The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced new assessment and evaluation practices for the new academic session 2021-22.

The National Education Policy 2020 has affirmed the need to move from rote to competency-based learning making it more focused on developing the creative and critical thinking capacities of students to meet the challenges of the 21st century proactively. It emphasizes that learners must be equipped with the ability to solve problems and assessment must shift from testing primarily rote memorization skills to one that is more formative, is more competency-based, promotes learning and development for our students, and tests higher-order skills, such as analysis, critical thinking, and conceptual clarity.

"Augmenting the thrust towards CBE, the Board is initiating further corresponding changes in the Examination and Assessment practices for the year 2021-22. While the overall marks and duration of examination shall remain same, change in the composition of assessment tasks would help us achieve the desired ends" stated in notification.

As per the notification from the CBSE, more competency-based questions or questions that assess the application of concepts in real-life or unfamiliar situations will be part of the question papers of Classes 10, 12 board exams and Classes 9, 11 final exams.

In the letter to the heads of all CBSE-affiliated schools, the CBSE has laid out the changes for the new academic session and said that it would be introducing Competency Based Questions. This would be about 30% for Classes 9 & 10 and 20% for Classes 11 & 12.

The changes for classes IX-XII (2021-22)internalyear-end/ Board Examination are as under:

Classes IX-X












Year-end Examination/ Board Examination (Theory) (2020-21)Existing (2021-22)Modified
(2021-22) Modified

  • Objective type Questions including Multiple Choice
    Question-20%

  • Case-based/Source- based Integrated Questions-20%

  • Short Answer/ Long Answer Questions- Remaining 60%



  • Competency Based Questions would be minimum 30%

    These can be in the form of MultipleChoice Questions, Case- Based Questions, Source Based Integrated
    Questions or any other types


  • Objective Questions will be 20 %

  • Remaining 50% Short Answer/ Long
    Answer Questions- (as per existing pattern)



Classes XI-XII













Year-end Examination/ Board Examination (Theory) (2020-21)Existing (2021-22)Modified
Composition

  • Objective type Questions
    including Multiple Choice
    Question-20%

  • Case-based/Source- based
    Integrated Questions-10%

  • Short Answer/ Long Answer
    Questions- Remaining 70%




  • Competency Based Questions will be
    20%

    These can be in the form of MultipleChoice Questions, Case- Based
    Questions, Source Based Integrated
    Questions or any other types



  • Objective Questions will be 20 %

  • Remaining 60% Short Answer/ Long
    Answer Questions- (as per existing
    pattern)



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