CBSE to Introduce Problem Solving Assessment: CBSE Chairman Vineet Joshi

INDORE: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), in a bid to test the quantitative and qualitative reasoning of students, is planning to introduce a 'problem solving assessment' (CBSE-PSA) for class IX and XI students from the second term of the 2012-13 academic session. This was informed by the CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi while addressing the national conference of schools principals at the Choitram Schoolm Manik Bagh here on Saturday.

Joshi said, the test will assess students in quantitative and qualitative reasoning and language conventions. The test will be compulsory for all students of classes IX and XI and it will most likely be held in the month of January-February 2013. It will carry a total of 90 marks and will have 60 questions of multiple choice questions (MCQ) type.

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