CBSE Board exams may happen from home

CBSE has indicated that cancellation of exams is not a solution, going forward and instead of cancelling, home-based online or offline exams will be put in place if the country faces a 3rd wave of pandemic in the ongoing academic session.

“In case the situation of the pandemic forces complete closure of schoolsduring November-December 2021… the Term I MCQ (multiplechoice questions) based examination would bedone by studentsonline or offline from home,” the CBSE has written to its affiliated schools. The Board may alsoallowTerm-2 exams from homeduring the session.

The CBSE has already mentioned it wishes to conduct the class 10 and class 12 assessments via two terms in 2021-22 instead of just one year-end final examination, prevalent currently.

The central board has mentioned that if the situation allows it will conduct both the term-1 and -2 exams at schools where a student is pursuing education or at independent centres. But if the exams become home-based, then factors like internal assessment and practical scores will play an important role in deciding final results.

“Results would be computed on the basis of the Internal Assessment/Practical/Project Work and Theory marks of Term-I and II exams taken by the candidate from home in Class X / XII subject to the moderation or other measures to ensure validity and reliability of the assessment,” the CBSE has informed its schools.

This implies exams will happen either on the faculty centre or at dwelling in 2021-22 in any scenario. And colleges will likely be prepared from the start of the CBSE evaluation yr to cope with any eventuality.

Because of the pandemic, the CBSE has cancelled the class 10 and class 12 board exams for the 2020-21 session and most of the state school boards followed the path. CBSE has already announced that the 2020-21 academic yr assessment of board exams will be announced based on a 30:30:40 formula taking into account the average performance of the past three years.