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Latest News |
| 04th
March 2010 / Times of India / Bangalore Edition |
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CBSE Physics paper was a brain racker
Class X, XII Exams Kick Off Across The Country; New
Grading System From This Year
Bangalore: Whew! One down, and it was quite a tough one.
At the end of the Physics exam paper of the Central Board
of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII on Wednesday,
there were many relieved students.
Class X and XII CBSE exams kicked off across the country
on Wednesday. As many as 5,408 students appeared for the
Class XII exams in Karnataka.
They described the Physics paper as “lengthy and
with more concept-based questions”. Rhea Khanna,
a Class XII student of National Public School (NPS), Koramangala,
said the paper was easy but time-consuming. “I didn’t
even get time to revise the answer script,” she
said.
Sharing similar views, Supriya Srinivas from NPS said
the final exam was much better than the school pre-final
exams. “It had many concept-based questions. Moreover,
finding solutions to these problems was a little difficult.
But I am happy it’s over now,” she said.
Students said no out-of-syllabus questions appeared and
neither were there any mistakes in the question paper.
“It was tough. The questions were more application-based
and there were few direct questions. Last year’s
was easier,” Hitesh Kumar Purohit, a Class XII student,
KV (MEG) said.
The tough section was solving problems based on concepts,
for which they had to try various methods before arriving
at an answer.
RESULTS IN GRADES
According to a CBSE release, for the Class X exam, the
weightage of the school-based assessment will remain the
same as per past practice, i.e. 20% each in the subjects
of Science, Social Science and Mathematics. The new grading
system has been introduced at the Secondary School level
(for Classes IX & X), effective 2009-10. Only subject-wise
grades shall be shown in the performance statement to
be issued to all candidates; subject-wise percentile score/rank
at the national level will be provided to schools on demand.
The practice of declaring ‘Failed’ shall be
discontinued.
Those candidates who obtain the qualifying grades (D and
above) in all the subjects, excluding additional subjects
as per scheme of studies, will be awarded a qualifying
certificate. Those candidates who obtain grade E1 or E2
in the subject will have to improve their performance
through subsequent five attempts.
EXAM FEVER SETS IN...
5,408 students appeared for the Class XII exams in Karnataka
No out-of-syllabus questions appeared on the first day
of exam and neither were there any mistakes in the question
paper
New grading system introduced at the Secondary School
level (for Classes IX & X), effective 2009-10 Only
subject-wise grades to be shown in performance statement.
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