This article talks about the CBSE Notification: Assessment and Evaluation Practices of the Board for the Session 2024-25. Read Here!
Notice
The Board in accordance with National Education Policy, 2020 has taken multiple steps towards implementation of Competency Based Education in schools, ranging from aligning assessment to competencies, development of exemplar resources for teachers and students as well as continuous capacity building of the teachers etc. The main emphasis of the Board was to create an educational ecosystem that would move away from rote memorization and towards learning that is focused on developing the creative, critical and systems thinking capacities of students to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
The Board has released guidelines vide Circular No. Acad- 05/2019 dated 18.01.2019; Circular No. Acad 11/2019 dated 06.03.2019; Circular No. Acad-18/2020 dated 16.03.2020; and Circular No. Acad-57/2022 dated 20.05.2022 to progressively align assessment to the vision of the NEP by including more competency-based questions in the Classes X and XII Board examinations.
Appropriately, the Board is continuing with aligning of the assessments and evaluation practices with NEP- 2020 for the academic session 2024-2025. Consequently, in the forthcoming session, the percentage of Competency Based Questions that assess application of concepts in real-life situations included in the question papers of the Board is given as under:
The changes for classes IX-XII year-end Board Examinations (2024-25)
- Classes IX-X
| Particulars | Academic Session 2023-24 | Academic Session 2024-25 (No change from previous academic session) |
| Composition of question paper for year-end examination/ Board Examination (Theory) | Competency Focused Questions in the form of MCQs/ Case Based Questions, Source-based Integrated Questions or any other type = 50% Select response type questions (MCQ) = 20% Constructed response questions (Short Answer/Long Answer Type Questions, as per existing pattern) = 30% | Competency Focused Questions in the form of MCQs/Case Based Questions, Source-based Integrated Questions or any other type = 50% Select response type questions (MCQ) = 20% Constructed response questions (Short Answer/Long Answer Type Questions, as per existing pattern) = 30% |
- Classes XI-XII
| Particulars | Academic Session 2023-24 | Academic Session 2024-25 |
| Composition of question paper for year-end examination/ Board Examination (Theory) | Competency Focused Questions in the form of MCQs/ Case Based Questions, Source-based Integrated Questions or any other type = 40% Select response type questions (MCQ) = 20% Constructed response questions (Short Answer Questions/Long Answer type Questions, as per existing pattern) = 40% | Competency Focused Questions in the form of MCQs/ Case Based Questions, Source-based Integrated Questions or any other type = 50% Select response type questions (MCQ) = 20% Constructed response questions (Short Answer Questions/Long Answer type Questions, as per existing pattern) = 30% |
Curriculum document released by the Board for the Academic Session 2024-25 and the Sample Question Papers may also be referred to for details of the QP design of individual subjects. Learning frameworks for various subjects for classes IX-XII are available at the link.
