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CBSE Board Exams 2023: Minister of State for Education, Annapurna Devi, stated in the Lok Sabha today that at least 40% of questions in the CBSE Class 10 exam and 30% in the Class 12 exam in 2023 will be competency based.
These questions will be presented in a variety of formats, including objective type, constructing response type, assertion and reasoning, and case based.
The details were revealed in response to a written question in Lok Sabha.
“In pursuance of NEP-2020, CBSE has been introducing competency-based questions in the classes 10 and 12 board examinations to reform the pattern of examinations. These questions comprise multiple formats such as objective type, constructing response type, assertion and reasoning and case based format,” she said.
“In the academic session 2022-23, approximately 40 per cent questions in class 10 board examinations and approximately 30 per cent questions in Class 12 are competency based,” the minister added.
The academic year’s theory examinations for classes 10 and 12 will begin on February 15, 2023. However, the exam schedule has yet to be announced by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
The minister went on to say that, following the implementation of the new National Education Policy 2020, the CBSE advised affiliated schools to follow the recommendations regarding the educational pattern.
“Prominent among these are — competency based learning, adoption of learning outcomes, use of experiential and joyful learning pedagogies such as art integrated education, sports integrated learning, storytelling etc, emphasis on foundational literacy and numeracy, induction of qualified counsellors at secondary and senior secondary level,” said the minister.
Source:IE
