Current News About CBSE Moderation
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Current News About CBSE Moderation
The governing authority of the
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced sweeping
changes across the board with regards to its moderation. Some of the
rules are hard to follow and it has caused confusion among parents and
students alike. If you are having trouble keeping up, don’t worry. Let’s
Practise has got you covered.
Mandatory Board Exam
The first major change that the CBSE has made is turning the 10th Board Exams from an optional test into a compulsory affair. Recently, the CBSE Governing Body has made Class X Board Exams mandatory from 2018.
Back in 2011, CBSE did away with the policy, but now they have brought it back. It will no longer be up to the students if they want to take the exams.
According to the announcement made by the governing body, the exams would have a weightage of 80% with the remaining 20% for internal assessments. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar is in favour of this exam reform.
The move has been met with mixed reactions from the student and parent community. Some feel that it will put additional pressure on the students. Public exams also give the semblance that all schools have the same facilities and quality staff, when we all know that is false.
On the other hand, teachers state that students didn’t even need to study much until 8th standard under the old rules. They say that some of the students just joined into 11th standard with barely any prior knowledge. This new rule hopes to fix that problem and to make sure children learn and study from the time they start 6th standard.
Two-Semester System
CBSE has created and will soon implement a two-semester system where schools will have two semesters from class VI onwards.
The new rule, which will take effect from this year (2017 – 2018), will be a uniform assessment scheme with half-yearly and annual exams. In addition to the exams, the schools will conduct two periodic tests of 10 marks each during every semester. In this instance, the half-yearly and annual exams will account for 80 marks.
Previously, schools were following the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) since 2009. Schools had two summative assessments (SA) at the end of the term and four formative assessments (FA), with two in each term. 40% of the FA was from continuous evaluation throughout the school year.
The annual exam for 6th will have 10% of the first semester. For class seven, the amount is raised to 20%. There will also be grades for attendance, participation, teamwork, output, and PE.
Over 18,000 CBSE schools exist across the nation. With this new regulation, CBSE wishes to standardise all the schools so students will have an easier time if they switch from one school to another. Since report cards differed across schools, the students found it difficult to gain admission. Now CBSE is hoping to fix all of these problems.
The CBSE also made this rule to prepare the students for the Board Exams from the time they enter middle school. This was CBSE’s attempt at reorganising the assessment system, examination pattern, and report cards.
Three Language Formula
CBSE has introduced a three language formula, where students have to study at least two Indian languages along with the rest of their subjects. Before we go into further detail, let’s explain what languages schools offer under the CBSE syllabus. CBSE classifies its languages into three categories: Modern Indian, Classical Indian, and Foreign.
The modern Indian languages include Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Punjabi, and a few others.
Classical Indian languages include Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Oriya / Odia.
German, Spanish, Arabic, Persian, French, Portuguese, and Russian, are the foreign languages.
The board has made Hindi compulsory for everyone. This means that the three languages the student will learn are English, Hindi, and another Indian language, presumably the local one. In places where Hindi is commonly spoken, such as the north, the student may opt for Sanskrit.
Note that this will only apply from the 2020 school year onwards. This means that if your child is studying in 7th standard currently, you have nothing to worry about. Anything lower and these changes are applicable for you.
Also, this will mainly affect students studying a foreign language. Under this system, foreign languages like French and German would be an optional 4th language and count as an elective. The mediums of instruction are either Hindi or English, and students must take both of these languages by default. They can learn the foreign language vocationally, but this will not influence their marks.
All the three languages would count as a subject and students would get tested on them during the Class X Board Exams.
If your child is in a place where Hindi isn’t the main language, they should probably take Hindi and their regional language (mother-tongue), along with first language English as their three language classes. Either way, Hindi and English are compulsory classes.
The formula was actually proposed back in 1968, with iterations in 1986 and 2005. Despite that, is only now that CBSE is taking efforts to implement it.
Schools were meant to follow this up to class VIII with the third language being discontinued after that, but now it has been extended to class X, and students must write a paper on their third language in their Board Exams. Thus, they must take six exams rather than five.
This rule has been met with a lot of opposition. Opponents argue that this rule would place a heavy burden on the students by making them study four languages. It also imposes two Indian languages on the student. Also, the reintroduction of this rule may mean that foreign languages get wiped out from the curriculum.
Let’s Practise Can Keep You Up-to-Date
So, now you know the alterations that CBSE plans to make to its system over the next couple of years. The current three major rule-changes are intertwined, and some of these rules may affect your child more than others.
Let’s Practise can help your student stay updated with what’s going on with regards to their school. We are a group of parents and teachers dedicated to helping your child succeed, not just at school, but at life. Being parents ourselves, we know that teaching begins at home. We excel in making students from 3rd to 9th standard excel. Be sure to contact us. You can send us an email, call us, or better yet, select the best time for us to call you.
https://bestschoolkumbakonam.in/
Mandatory Board Exam
The first major change that the CBSE has made is turning the 10th Board Exams from an optional test into a compulsory affair. Recently, the CBSE Governing Body has made Class X Board Exams mandatory from 2018.
Back in 2011, CBSE did away with the policy, but now they have brought it back. It will no longer be up to the students if they want to take the exams.
According to the announcement made by the governing body, the exams would have a weightage of 80% with the remaining 20% for internal assessments. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar is in favour of this exam reform.
The move has been met with mixed reactions from the student and parent community. Some feel that it will put additional pressure on the students. Public exams also give the semblance that all schools have the same facilities and quality staff, when we all know that is false.
On the other hand, teachers state that students didn’t even need to study much until 8th standard under the old rules. They say that some of the students just joined into 11th standard with barely any prior knowledge. This new rule hopes to fix that problem and to make sure children learn and study from the time they start 6th standard.
Two-Semester System
CBSE has created and will soon implement a two-semester system where schools will have two semesters from class VI onwards.
The new rule, which will take effect from this year (2017 – 2018), will be a uniform assessment scheme with half-yearly and annual exams. In addition to the exams, the schools will conduct two periodic tests of 10 marks each during every semester. In this instance, the half-yearly and annual exams will account for 80 marks.
Previously, schools were following the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) since 2009. Schools had two summative assessments (SA) at the end of the term and four formative assessments (FA), with two in each term. 40% of the FA was from continuous evaluation throughout the school year.
The annual exam for 6th will have 10% of the first semester. For class seven, the amount is raised to 20%. There will also be grades for attendance, participation, teamwork, output, and PE.
Over 18,000 CBSE schools exist across the nation. With this new regulation, CBSE wishes to standardise all the schools so students will have an easier time if they switch from one school to another. Since report cards differed across schools, the students found it difficult to gain admission. Now CBSE is hoping to fix all of these problems.
The CBSE also made this rule to prepare the students for the Board Exams from the time they enter middle school. This was CBSE’s attempt at reorganising the assessment system, examination pattern, and report cards.
Three Language Formula
CBSE has introduced a three language formula, where students have to study at least two Indian languages along with the rest of their subjects. Before we go into further detail, let’s explain what languages schools offer under the CBSE syllabus. CBSE classifies its languages into three categories: Modern Indian, Classical Indian, and Foreign.
The modern Indian languages include Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Punjabi, and a few others.
Classical Indian languages include Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Oriya / Odia.
German, Spanish, Arabic, Persian, French, Portuguese, and Russian, are the foreign languages.
The board has made Hindi compulsory for everyone. This means that the three languages the student will learn are English, Hindi, and another Indian language, presumably the local one. In places where Hindi is commonly spoken, such as the north, the student may opt for Sanskrit.
Note that this will only apply from the 2020 school year onwards. This means that if your child is studying in 7th standard currently, you have nothing to worry about. Anything lower and these changes are applicable for you.
Also, this will mainly affect students studying a foreign language. Under this system, foreign languages like French and German would be an optional 4th language and count as an elective. The mediums of instruction are either Hindi or English, and students must take both of these languages by default. They can learn the foreign language vocationally, but this will not influence their marks.
All the three languages would count as a subject and students would get tested on them during the Class X Board Exams.
If your child is in a place where Hindi isn’t the main language, they should probably take Hindi and their regional language (mother-tongue), along with first language English as their three language classes. Either way, Hindi and English are compulsory classes.
The formula was actually proposed back in 1968, with iterations in 1986 and 2005. Despite that, is only now that CBSE is taking efforts to implement it.
Schools were meant to follow this up to class VIII with the third language being discontinued after that, but now it has been extended to class X, and students must write a paper on their third language in their Board Exams. Thus, they must take six exams rather than five.
This rule has been met with a lot of opposition. Opponents argue that this rule would place a heavy burden on the students by making them study four languages. It also imposes two Indian languages on the student. Also, the reintroduction of this rule may mean that foreign languages get wiped out from the curriculum.
Let’s Practise Can Keep You Up-to-Date
So, now you know the alterations that CBSE plans to make to its system over the next couple of years. The current three major rule-changes are intertwined, and some of these rules may affect your child more than others.
Let’s Practise can help your student stay updated with what’s going on with regards to their school. We are a group of parents and teachers dedicated to helping your child succeed, not just at school, but at life. Being parents ourselves, we know that teaching begins at home. We excel in making students from 3rd to 9th standard excel. Be sure to contact us. You can send us an email, call us, or better yet, select the best time for us to call you.
https://bestschoolkumbakonam.in/
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