Proposed changes by cbse for academic session 2019

Proposed Changes by CBSE for Academic Session 2019-20

Board focuses on strengthening assessment and evaluation practices

By 08th Mar, 2019 | 03:54 pm

Almost every year the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is known for making minor and major changes to reform the prevailing education system. This year too based on the National Assessment Survey (2017–18), the board has proposed a few changes in the assessment and evaluation practices for internal assessment and year-end/board examinations for the academic year 2019–20.

Aims of the Board:

To strengthen the school-based/internal assessment by incorporating diverse strategies
To expose students to different types and format of questions in the year-end/board examinations for better assessment of learning outcomes of students

The decision by MHRD of India to participate in PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) in 2021 has given an incentive to the requirement of aligning the Board’s assessment system to future requirements.

Changes proposed for IX–X (2019–20):

	Existing	Proposed
Maximum marks per subject	100	NO CHANGE
Types of assessment	Internal Assessment Year End/Board Examination School Based Assessment of Co-scholastic Areas (Art Education, Health and Physical Education including Work Experience, Discipline)	NO CHANGE
Marks distribution	Internal Assessment : Year End/Board Examination 20:80	NO CHANGE

INTERNAL ASSESMENT
	EXISTING		PROPOSED
	PERIODIC TEST		PERIODIC ASSESMENT
	Pen Paper Test	10 marks	Pen Paper Test	5 marks
COMPONENTS OF INTERNAL ASSESMENT			Multiple Assessment strategies to be used. (Quizzes, oral test, concept map, exit cards, visual expression etc.)	5 marks
	Notebook (Classwork)	5 marks	Portfolio (Classwork plus peer assessment, self -assessment, achievements of student in the subject, reflections, narrations, journals, etc.)	5 marks
	Subject Enrichment- consisting of aspects like Practical work for Science; Lab work for Mathematics; Map work & Project Work for Social Science and Listening and Speaking skills for languages, etc.	5 marks		5 marks

	BOARD-EXAMINATION Year-end Examination
BOARD EXAMINATION	EXISTING	PROPOSED
MARKS	80	NO CHANGE
DURATION	3 hours	NO CHANGE
INTERNAL CHOICE	33%	NO CHANGE
COMPONENTS OF BOARD EXAMINATION PAPER	Short Answer/Long Answer (Objective as well as Subjective)	Objective type including Multiple Choice Questions	20 marks (This is already incorporated in 2019 Board Exams in many subjects)
		Subjective – number of questions will be reduced to enable student to have enough time to give analytical and creative responses.

School Based Assessment of Co-scholastic Areas (Work Experience , Art Education, Health & Physical Education Discipline)

Assessment of

Co-scholastic

Areas

EXISTING

PROPOSED

Internally Assessed
On a 5 point scale

NO CHANGE

Changes proposed for XI–XII (2019–20):

	EXISTING	PROPOSED
Maximum marks per subject	100 marks	NO CHANGE
Types of assessment	Internal Assessment/ Practical Board Examination Assessment of Co-scholastic areas (Health and Physical Education including Work Education, General Studies)	NO CHANGE
Marks distribution	Internal Assessment / Practical: Board Exam/ Year end Exam 0:100 (Mathematics, Languages, Political Science, and Legal Studies) 20:80 (Humanities / Commerce Based Subjects and some other subjects) 30:70 (Science based subjects and some other subjects ) 70:30 (Fine Arts and some other subjects)	Compulsory portion of Internal Assessment/ Project work/Practical in all subjects of at least 20 marks

Board Examination Year-end Examination
Board Examination/ year end examination	EXISTING	PROPOSED
Marks	Maximum Marks 100/80/70/30 As per nature of subject	80 Marks in Mathematics, Languages, Political Science and Legal Studies. No change in other subjects
Duration	3 hours	3 hours for all subjects of 100/80/70 Marks and 2 hours for papers with less than 70 marks theory portion.
Components of Board examination paper	Short Answer/Long Answer(Objective as well as Subjective)	Objective type including Multiple Choice Question	Minimum 25% marks in Year End/ Board Exam
		Subjective –number of questions will be reduced to enable student to have enough time to give analytical and creative responses	Maximum 75% marks in Year End/ Board Exam

Internal Assessment/ Project Work/Practical

Internal Assessment/ Project/

Practical

Existing

Proposed

0 marks (Mathematics, Languages, Political Science)
20 marks (Humanities / Commerce Based Subjects and some other subjects )
30 marks (Science based subjects and some other subjects)
70 marks (Fine Arts and some other subjects)
20 marks (Mathematics,

Languages, Political Science and Legal Studies )

No change in remaining
subjects

School Based Assessment of Co-scholastic Areas (Work Experience , Art Education, Health & Physical Education Discipline)
Assessment of Co-scholastic areas	Existing	Proposed
	Internally Assessed	Internally Assessed

The details of the year-end/board examination and school-based/internal assessment for the academic year 2019–20 will be given in the curriculum document to be published by the Board.