CBSE to provide extra marks for right attitude

Updated on: Friday, February 18, 2011

Now, CBSE has decided to provide students showing the right attitute towards co-scholastic areas with extra marks.

In a recent circular, CBSE has asked schools to award higher grades in subjects under the scholastic category, which includes English, mathematics, science or social science, to students who display positve attitude towards the teacher, discipline, or leadership qualities.

While considering co-scholastic areas for promotion of a student from one class to the next, CBSE has said that after converting grades into grade points, a student who scores in the highest range may be upgraded to the next higher level in two scholastic subjects, and those in the second highest range may be upgraded to the next higher grade in one scholastic subject.

"All school heads are advised to explain this promotion policy for Class IX in detail to parents, teachers and students to create awareness and avoid unnecessary inconvenience at a later stage," the CBSE circular said.

For instance, a child is good at debating, which reveals leadership qualities, then scores obtained in this activity could be added to the student's English scores.

Some schools still consider only academic skills for promotion. This circular would be a wake-up call for such schools to take note of the importance that the CBSE places on developing life skills, and attitudes and values of children, said a principal of a CBSE school.

CBSE to provide extra marks for right attitude

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