This article talks about the CBSE Notification: Conduct of Practical Examinations/Project/Internal Assessment Classes X and XII 2024-25. Read Here!
About CBSE
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India. Established in 1929 by a resolution of the government, the Board was an experiment towards inter-state integration and cooperation in the sphere of secondary education. There are more than 27,000 schools in India and 240 schools in 28 foreign countries affiliated to the CBSE. All schools affiliated to CBSE follow the NCERT curriculum especially from class 9 to 12.
Notice
This is in continuation of Circular No. CBSE/COORD/Main Practical/2024-25E-File 163685 dated 02.12.2024, whereby it was informed that the Annual Practical Examinations / Internal Assessment / Project for Class X / XII for the session 2024-25 are scheduled to start w.e.f 1st January 2025. The following necessary actions are required to be taken up by all schools for timely conduct of Practical Examinations/Project/Internal Assessment.
- Please ensure that sufficient number of practical answer books have been received in the school before the scheduled date for conduct of practical examinations. In case of any issue, please get in touch with the concerned Regional Office.
- Schools should inform parents and students regarding the schedule of Practical/Project /Internal Assessment to make them aware of, for the strict compliance of instructions issued by the CBSE.
- Ensure that necessary arrangements like infrastructure, equipment, and materials are available in the laboratcries for conducting practical exams. Check that the laboratories or facilities are adequately set up for students to perform their experirnents.
- Contact the external examiners appointed by CBSE for the conduct of Practical/Internal Assessment well in time for its smooth conduct.
- Make the required arrangements for Children with special needs (CWSN) to conduct Practical Examinations/Project/Internal Assessment so that they can participate in the practical exams comfortably.
- The students will appear in the practical examinations as per the schedule fixed by the school.
- The marks in respect of all Practical Examinations/Project/Internal Assessment shall be uploaded everyday i.e. on the day of conduct of assessment.
- While uploading the marks, the school, the Internal Examiner and the External Examiner shall ensure that correct marks are uploaded as no correction in the marks will be allowed once marks are uploaded.
- Schools should check maximum marks assigned to Practical/Project/Internal Assessment before awarding & uploading the marks. Principals are requested to ensure that correct marks are uploaded as requests for correction of marks post result will not be entertained.
- It will also be ensured by the Principal/Internal Examiner/External Examiner that marks awarded to every student are solely based on their performance.
- Answer books provided for practical examination, 2025 include an undertaking for examiners wherein it has been mentioned that maximum marks assigned to practical in the subject have been checked and marks have been assigned after reading all instructions.
- No student participating in sports at National/International level will be given exemption from appearing in Practicals/Project/Internal Assessment and no separate practicals will be conducted/arranged for them.
- For Class XII, the schools are not authorized to make alternate arrangement of external examiner for conduct of practical examination/project assessment at local level. Practical examination can only be conducted by an external examiner appointed by the Board.
- If it is found that school has conducted practical by using some other external examiner not appointed by the CBSE, this assessment will be treated as null & void.
