<div dir="ltr"><h1>Schools show thumbs up for mandatory board exams in Class X for CBSE students</h1>
<div class="gmail-postedBy">Meghana Choukkar, Dec 22, 2016, Bengaluru, DHNS:</div>
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<strong>The decision by the
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to make board examinations
mandatory for Class X 2018 onwards has been welcomed by schools in
Bengaluru.</strong><br><br>“Most students opt to write exams conducted
by the Board, instead of the one conducted by the schools. Across the
branches of Delhi Public School (DPS), only 6-7% students wrote the
school exam, so this will not make much difference,” said Mansoor Khan,
who is on the management board of the school. <br><br>The question papers for both exams are set by the Board, but the school-conducted exam is evaluated by the faculty. <br><br>“This
is a good move as otherwise, there were parents who complained that
teachers were partial. These students were seen to have an advantage
over those who write the Board exams,” said Dr M Srinivasan, principal
of GEAR Innovative International School.<br><br>Raghavendra Prasad,
whose son is now in Class 8, said, “This will lead to a level playing
field because the schools will have lesser role in deciding the
student’s grade. Otherwise, the grades would vary from one school to the
other and from rural to urban areas.” <br><br>However, the decision to
change the weightage to 80% for external and 20% for internal will make a
difference. Earlier, the internal assessment had 40% weightage.<br><br>“With
such continuous internal evaluation there were many projects and group
discussions which took learning beyond textbooks. The change in the
weightage could reduce such activities, but it would depend on the
school as well,” said Manju Arif, principal of DPS North.<br><br>The
CBSE has recommended to the Ministry of Human Resources Development that
the three-language policy be extended to Classes IX and X. The policy
applies till Class VIII students at present and students have to study
two languages besides English, which is compulsory.<br><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/587787/">http://www.deccanherald.com/content/587787/</a><br><br>“Since
students are already studying the subjects till Class VIII, extending it
further wouldn’t be a burden or added pressure. The third language
usually has a curriculum of only two classes per week,” Manju said. <br><br>Other
educationists said a third language was unnecessary and expressed
concern that it may adversely students moving from one state to another
after Class VIII. <br><br>Parents say CBSE should take it slow and bring
changes incrementally. Class X student Poornashree S is not keen on
having one extra subject. “We were happy when we came to Class IX as we
had only five subjects. If it increases to six, it will be tough.”<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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