{"id":117280,"date":"2021-07-08T19:20:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T13:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=117280"},"modified":"2021-07-09T19:10:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T13:40:45","slug":"perfecting-the-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/perfecting-the-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfecting the test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=GGG8OAHVB.1&amp;imageview=0\">The Hindu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance &#8211;<\/strong> Regulatory bodies are taking steps to ensure continuity of education, in times of pandemics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis &#8211; <\/strong>An analysis of CBSE&#8217;s New Assessment Scheme For Classes 10 and 12 Exams For 2021-22 Session<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Introduction\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>In the wake of the current pandemic, the <strong>CBSE has issued a new assessment scheme for Class 10 and 12 students for the academic year 2021-22. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The board established a basket of four alternatives for how the final results will be computed based on four distinct probable circumstances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key features-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The board has declared that the curriculum would be reduced.\u00a0Further, board exams will be held twice a year in various forms.<\/p>\n<p>Continuous recording of internal assessment scores will be ensured in order to provide a range of choices for calculating a final score at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The academic year 2021-22 is divided into two terms. Each semester will cover half of the curriculum, culminating in board examinations at the conclusion of each term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>The four possible scenarios- <\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First &#8211; <\/strong>If the COVID situation permit, both terms exams will be held in person-\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Term 1<\/strong> [held in school between November-December] &#8211; It will be a 90-minute with MCQ multiple-choice questions only.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Term 2 <\/strong>[held in examination centers in March-April 2022] \u2013 It will be a two-hour exam with various question formats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second, if schools are closed for Term 1- <\/strong>The Term 1 exams will be conducted online and Term 2 can be held at the centres. The weighting of term 1 in the final scores would be decreased.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third, if schools closed in term 2 &#8211; <\/strong>Term 1 exams are held in school and Term 2 exams will be conducted online in the MCQ format. The weightage of marks of Term 1 will be increased.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Forth, neither of the term exams can be held at schools and centers- <\/strong>The results will be computed on the basis of internal assessments and practicals and theory marks of both Terms exams taken online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not all students able to complete their syllabus or attend online classes.<\/li>\n<li>Criticism related to MCQ based examination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Way forward-<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The worst-case scenario underscores the <strong>need for the proper online lessons for all the classes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A decentralized method, allowing regional CBSE units and external experts to examine the status of certain districts and come up with evaluations adapted to a specific situation, might be a supplement to the MCQ pattern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source &#8211; The Hindu Relevance &#8211; Regulatory bodies are taking steps to ensure continuity of education, in times of pandemics. Synopsis &#8211; An analysis of CBSE&#8217;s New Assessment Scheme For Classes 10 and 12 Exams For 2021-22 Session Introduction\u00a0 In the wake of the current pandemic, the CBSE has issued a new assessment scheme for&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/perfecting-the-test\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Perfecting the test<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10319,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704955585},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}