Central Board of Secondary Education invites online registrations for Reading Challenge 2022-2023 to all Schools affiliated with CBSE.

About CBSE Reading Challenge 2022-2023

With a focus on promoting Reading Literacy among students, the Central Board of Secondary Education has been organizing the Reading Challenge for the academic session, 2022-23 which would be organized in the months of October – November 2022.

Important Details of Reading Challenge

  • It is available in Hindi and/or English at two levels: classes 6th to 7th and classes 8th to 10th.
  • This contest would engage participants with a variety of stimulants and focus on the
    ability to:
    • Read with comprehension and accuracy.
    • Construct meaning by retrieving information, relating text with their previous knowledge and integrating information.
    • Interpret information and draw inferences, and
    • Reflect and evaluate with a view to judging the quality and credibility of the text.
  • This contest would be conducted through two rounds – within the school, and interschool.

Registration Fee

There is no fee for participating students at any of the two stages of this enrichment activity.

Eligibility

  • For the First Stage: Students of classes VI to X are eligible to participate in round one.
    • Schools would be required to register students for this round.
  • For the Second Stage: Each affiliated school that registered in the first stage can nominate and register 10 students for the second round.
    • The best 02 students from each participating class.
    • All the participants of Round Two would be issued online participation by the Board.

Rewards

An appreciation certificate would be given to the best-performing students.

Important Dates

  • An affiliated school can register its students (Classes VI & VII and VIII to X) for the Hindi or English or both Reading Challenge through the link on the CBSE website.
  • For Round One/the First stage from November 2 – November 25, 2022.
  • On November 28, 2022, a reading challenge paper with reading tasks would be made available to the registered schools with the scoring criteria.
  • Students can be shortlisted on the basis of their performance on the earlier assigned reading tasks for the Hindi as well as English RC.
  • Once students identify the 10 students the school shall organize the Challenge for the registered students between November 28 – November 30, 2022.
  • The school shall subsequently register the identified students for Round 2 on the CBSE website between December 1, 2022, to December 16, 2022.
  • Registered students will perform computer-based Reading tests between December 19, 2022, and December 30, 2022.

Click here to view the official notification of Reading Challenge 2022-2023 by CBSE.