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March 2010 / Times of India / Mumbai Edition |
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CBSE Class IX exams take the high-tech route
Mumbai: While much has been written about the sweeping
changes underway for the CBSE Class X exam, there are
equally momentous changes underway for Class IX. For the
first time, the papers for the CBSE Class IX final exam—which
is currently going on—have been set by the CBSE
board, in a bid to standardise the system. Earlier, individual
schools set their own Class IX papers.
The CBSE board has given all schools a CD from which they
can download their Class IX papers. Each school has also
been given a unique password with the help of which the
the Class IX papers can be accessed. The password was
SMSed to every school principal; nobody else had access
to the password.
Schools have been instructed to conduct the IX exam any
time between the last week of February to the last week
of March. While many of the papers are officially for
three hours, the board has asked schools to give those
students who were unable to complete the paper within
the time frame an extra half hour. The papers were full
of multiple options for students to choose from.
“The process itself has worked well. I feel the
board is making good use of modern technology,”
said Deepshikha Srivastava, principal of Rajhans Vidyalaya.
“The board has given students enough time to complete
their papers and plenty of options within the paper. This
will go a long way in reducing stress levels,” she
added.
Avnita Bir, principal of RN Podar School, Santa Cruz,
said the entire process went off very smoothly and there
were no technological issues while downloading the papers.
However, a number of educationists point to the fact that
the papers were a bit too easy for Class IX, raising concerns
over the possible dumbing down of the education system.
“The standard has definitely been diluted. Schools
usually raise the bar in Class IX so that students find
the board exams relatively easy. But this year, the Class
IX paper was also very simple,” said an educationist.
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