Education: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has long been the torchbearer of education in India, shaping the academic futures of millions of students.
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As the education landscape evolves, it becomes imperative to reassess traditional evaluation methods. In this context, the proposal to discontinue the awarding of divisions and percentages in Class 10 and 12 board exams for 2024 deserves a closer examination. To subscribe please click tau.id/2iy6f and access our live channel.
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As it stands, CBSE assesses students based on a rigid system that assigns divisions such as Distinction, First Division, Second Division, and so on, along with a percentage score. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided not to assign overall divisions, distinctions, or aggregates to students taking the Class 10 and Class 12 exams in 2024.
In a notice on its website, on November 30, the CBSE said that it is receiving requests from various persons to intimate the criteria to calculate the percentage of the students in the Board’s exams. However, the sub-section 40.1 (iii) of Chapter – 7 of the examination bye-laws state that “No overall division/distinction/aggregate shall be awarded.”
It further clarified that the Board does not calculate/declare/inform the percentage of marks. “If the percentage of marks is required for higher education or in employment the calculation, if any, may be done by admitting institution or employer,”
Furthermore, candidates with more than five subjects may have the best five subjects determined by admitting institutes or employers recruiting CBSE board students. If the percentage of marks is required for higher education or in employment, the calculation, if any, may be done by the admitting institution or employer.
The decision to not announce the merit list was taken in 2020 during the COVID-19-induced lockdown when the results were being announced using the average of marks secured by students in the exams. However, the board decided against resuming the practice in post-pandemic years. This year, the CBSE board exams for class 10 and 12 will begin from February 15, 2024.
