CBSE to follow 'grading system' for class X from this year

Updated on: Tuesday, September 01, 2009

A formal announcement of this would be released in the next few days as the proposal for the option found general approval at the high-powered Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) meeting here on Monday.

Another of HRD minister Kapil Sibal's suggestion of core curriculum in science and mathematics at secondary and higher secondary levels across all education boards also received full support. But the due time for it has not been worked out.

The option of grading system for class X instead of the board exams would be available for those students who wish to continue in the same school in class XI. Instead of board examination, importance will be provided for comprehensive and continuous evaluation system so that education standards do not suffer.

CABE fully endorsed the need for reforms at all levels of education and, barring Uttar Pradesh that said some barrier was needed at the class X level to ensure quality, the other states welcomed the move on the ground that there is a need to reduce examination stress but did commit as to when will they follow suit in state examination boards.

Calling it a 'historic' meeting of the CABE in which state after state lauded the Centre for legislating the Right to Education law, Sibal said there was general support on 14 issues including all the big legislations being planned by the ministry.

As for consensus, it must be pointed out that despite repeated request by Sibal to state ministers to speak on reforms being proposed by the Centre, ministers mostly raised trivial bilateral issues.

Consequently, when Sibal read out issues on which there was consensus, the ministers said nothing. The West Bengal minister raised an objection about accreditation of colleges has been noted in the CABE resolution.

New Delhi: CBSE has decided to follow grading system for class X examination from this year onwards and will be in place for the 2010 CBSE board exams.

CBSE to follow 'grading system' for class X from this year

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