Evaluation of Class 12th marks after cancellation of Board exams

 

CBSE Class 12 Results 2021: All about expected marking scheme in ‘Objective criteria’ for board exam results:

CBSE Class 12 Board Exams 2021 were declared cancelled on June 1 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Class XII results will be made as per well-defined objective criteria in a time-bound manner,” Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement on Tuesday. The statement added that those not satisfied with the marks allotted on the basis of yet-to-be-announced objective criteria would be given an option to appear in regular board exams on a later date.

According to reports from the government, among the most-discussed evaluation criteria under consideration is the one that students may be evaluated on the basis of their marks in previous years, between classes, 9, 10 and 11 respectively.

Class 9 to 11 marks for Class 12 evaluation not the right way to go forward: Experts

Jatinder Singh, Principal of Dalhousie Public School in Himachal Pradesh said that there is a drastic change in the performance of a child who matures from Class 9 to 12. “Like that Class 12 performance cannot be on the basis of Class 9,” Singh said.

Agreeing with the Union government’s decision to go ahead with the cancellation of Class 12 Board exams, Singh said that after Class 12 there is always a possibility of assessment through entrance examinations of various Universities as well as various professional courses. When asked how assessment should be done, Singh suggested that the Board can consider its own board assessment of Class 10 and combine it with the internal assessment of Class 12 to form a result.

Naseem Khan, Principal, Blooming Buds English School, at Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur expressed her disagreement with the cancellation of Class 12 Board exams.

“Cancellation is not the solution to the problem,” she said, adding “I don’t think that a Class 12 result based on Class 9-11 marks is the right way to go forward. Because Class 12 students are final year students in a sense”.

Highlighting that even the UGC is conducting the University examinations in August, Naseem Khan suggested the route of regular board exams for Class 12 assessment once the pandemic situation improves.

‘First priority is to keep the students safe’

Captain (retd.) Adarsh Juneja, Principal, Bala Pritam Guru Harkishan International Public School, at Delhi’s Vasant Vihar points out that with Class 9 to 11 assessment speculated to become the basis for Class 12 results, top 2 to 3 per cent extra-ordinary students will get an edge. “First priority is to keep the students safe,” the Principal adds while agreeing with government’s Board Exam cancellation decision.

While announcing the cancellation of exams, PM Modi had said that exam boards (CBSE and CISCE) will take steps to compile the results in a “well-defined objective criteria in a time-bound manner.” On the assessment of marks, PM Modi said the final evaluation criteria would be announced soon.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will release the criteria for the assessment of marks for class 12 board students. As per a report in NDTV, CBSE is considering two options for marking Class 12 students for this academic session. The first option the CBSE is working on is to assess students on the basis of their performance in Class 10, Class 11 final exam and Class 12 internal exams.  The other option is to give weightage to Class 10 exams results and internal assessments in Class 12.

On June 1, the board cancelled the exams for class 12 after a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.