Easier Question Paper For Class 10 Students In 2020: CBSE
CBSE has decided to reduce number of descriptive questions in the board exam question paper for class 10.
NEW DELHI:
Students appearing in the CBSE board exams in 2020 will sit for an easier paper. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), in a tweet yesterday, said that the number of descriptive questions in class 10th question papers in many subjects have been reduced. Lesser number of descriptive questions imply that the paper will less lengthy and time-taking than it used to be.
The number of descriptive questions have been reduced for subjects like Hindi, English, Science, Mathematics, Social Science, Home Science, and Sanskrit.
#CBSE 2020 exam pattern change brings cheers to students:Number of descriptive questions reduced for class X including Hindi, Eng. Sc. Maths,https://t.co/phbRmjWHfY.Home Sc. Skt.This means, students will get time to think,write more creative answers, of course,without any stress
— CBSE HQ (@cbseindia29) August 20, 2019
In the beginning of this year, CBSE had announced some major changes in the assessment methods citing the gap between learning outcomes and assessment methods.
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“It is a necessity now that ‘assessment of learning’ must be augmented with ‘assessment as learning’ and ‘assessment for learning'”, said CBSE.
The change proposed inclusion of objective questions in the question paper. A minimum of 25% questions were proposed to be objective in nature including multiple choice questions.
Subjective questions are to comprise 75% of the paper and the number of subjective questions are to be reduced to allow students time to think and write more creative answers ‘without stress’.
The board had implemented several changes in the board exams held this year as well. This included 33% internal options and subject-wise format.
CBSE Board 2020 exam pattern changed to make it ‘student-friendly’, experts disagree
CBSE board exams 2020: Experts claim that such initiatives should not be focused only on class 9-12 but a change in teaching learning-pedagogy is needed. Many also argue that making things too simple might make it harder for students to accept challenges in real-life. Parents, however, expect better marking.
CBSE Board 2020: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in a series of tweets has claimed that the new exam pattern for the class 10 and class 12 board 2020 has brought ‘cheers among students’, however, the experts are divided on the same. The changes in the exam consist of 20 marks internal assessment or practicals for all subjects, more internal choices and introduction of objective-type questions in board exams.
#CBSE 2020 exam pattern change brings cheer to students: more internal choices would make the assessment student friendly, objective type questions would also mean detailed study and gaining knowledge.@AkashvaniAIR@PIB_India @PIBHindi @DrRPNishank @PIBHRD @DDNewsLive @PTI_News
— CBSE HQ (@cbseindia29) August 20, 2019
The CBSE claims that the boards 2020 “would make the assessment student-friendly, objective-type questions will also mean a detailed study and a lesser number of descriptive questions reduced for class 10 and 12 boards will give more time to students to think and write more creative answers without stress during the exams.” It also added that having practicals for all the subjects would also make “students understand, recall and apply knowledge instead of just cramming.”
Among other initiatives, the board will also have two levels of maths exam for class 10 from 2020 onwards. In addition to the existing level, an easier mathematics syllabus will be introduced under level-2. According to an official circular by the CBSE, the current mathematics subject will be called Mathematics-Standard and the easier level will be called Mathematics-Basic. Students who fail or get a compartment in Mathematics-Standard exam will have the option to appear for compartment exam in any of the two levels.
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