CBSE plans to change exam pattern for class X and XII from the year 2020

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is planning to change the exam pattern of the class X and XII from the year 2020.

CBSE is introducing the change to discourage the students from rote learning. According to the new pattern, students will be tested on the basis of the analytical skills and reasoning instead of copy pasting the curriculum without conceptual understanding. This will produce better results of students and also the academic quality of schools will reach a new level.
According to the new plan, there is an objective to put more focus on the academic quality of institutions that include teachers, learning outcomes and pedagogy.
State government and other respective agencies would now conduct inspection of school’s infrastructure and facilities and school’s working criteria and prepare a report so that CBSE can take a decision during the process of granting of recognition to schools.
CBSE has already submitted its proposal to the ministry for approval. According to the ministry officials, the proposals regarding examination schedule are still at the discussion stage and nothing has been finalised yet. It will take about three to four months to get finalised. However, the board has already been working to implement the changes in exam pattern from 2020.

The New plan

1. Some of the changes that can be introduced in the new exam pattern are:
   Question papers will be prepared in such a way to test the analytical thinking and problem solving skills of the students. The papers include short answer type questions with a range of 1 to 5 marks.
   CBSE is likely to schedule the exams in two parts. Exams of vocational subjects to be held in the month of February and the exams for other subjects will be completed in around 15 days in the month of March, as per an official. Completion of all exams in March itself gives more time for evaluation of papers and to declare the results earlier.