CBSE to hold two board exams for 2021-22

India's Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday announced a special assessment scheme for Class 10 and 12 board exams for the 2021-22 academic session. The board exams for the 2021 batch will now be held in two terms with 50 percent of the syllabus in each term.

Further, the top education body said it will rationalize the syllabus for Classes 10 and 12 for 2021-22 and it will be notified by July end.

As per an official statement by the board, the syllabus for the academic session 2021-22 will be divided into two terms by following a systematic approach by looking into the interconnectivity of concepts and topics by the Subject Experts, the board will conduct the examinations at the end of each term on the basis of the bifurcated syllabus.

The syllabus for the board examination 2021-22 will be rationalised similar to that of the last academic session to be notified in July 2021. For academic transactions, however, CBSE schools will follow the curriculum and syllabus released by CBSE on 31 March. Schools will also use alternative academic calendars and inputs from the NCERT on transacting the curriculum.

The board stated that efforts will be made to make Internal Assessment/ Practical/ Project work more credible and valid as per the guidelines and Moderation Policy to be announced by the Board to ensure fair distribution of marks.

Now, two board exams will be held — each of them will be called Term-I and Term-II exams respectively — and each will be held on a 50 percent syllabus.