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Latest News |
| 06th
March 2010 / Times of India / Delhi Edition |
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With `flexible timing', Class IX students to write exams
under new format
WITH this year’s Class IX batch being the first
to put into practice the Continuous and Comprehensive
Evalua- tion (CCE) scheme, the Cen- tral Board of Secondary
Ed- ucation (CBSE) has asked all schools to give “flexible
tim- ing” to students to attempt the question papers.
The CCE, which focusses on “de-stressing”
the stu- dents, was implemented in Class IX from October
last year.
“The Board has extended the concept to Class IX
with effect from October 2009. It will be taken forward
to Class X from 2010-11,” CBSE spokesperson Rama
Sharma said.
All schools affiliated to the CBSE have been asked to
give 3 to 3.5 hours to the students to attempt the question
paper.
The Class IX exams were earlier conducted by the schools
but this year, with the introduction of CCE, CBSE
has extended its operations to Class IX. Their exams begin
next week.
Under the CCE, both scholastic and co-scholastic ar- eas
will be evaluated. The syl- labus has been split into
two terms; in each term, there will be two formative assessments
and one summative assessment. The two formative tests
carry 10 per cent weightage each while one summative test
carries 20 per cent weightage in first term and 40 per
cent weightage in the final term.
Flexible timing has been given for the summative assessment-II
that starts next month. "By giving flexible timing
to the students, they are at ease while attempting the
question paper. Now if a child feels that the question
paper is lengthy, she can take her time and not be anxious
when the three hours are over," Usha Ram, principal,
Laxman Public School, said.
The syllabus and question paper format in different subjects
for Class IX summative assessment-II were circulated by
the Board earlier. “CDs wth question banks were
dis- tributed to each school. Prin- cipals were sent the
code word to access the papers,” Sharma added. The
summative assess- ment will be conducted by the schools.
“In order to ensure standardisation and unifor-
mity, the question paper banks in different subjects have
been sent by the Board to schools,” Sharma said.
The evaluation of answer scripts will be done by teachers
of the schools themselves.
“We have sent a marking scheme to the schools,”
the spokesperson said. There will be “random verification
of the assessment procedures car- ried out by schools
by Board officials or nominees ap- pointed by the Board.” |
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