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THE REFORMS THAT WERE SCRAPPED

OTBA: It was introduced two years ago on March 2014 for Class 9 in Hindi, English, Mathematics, Science and Social Science and in a few subjects in Class 11 such as Economics, Biology and Geography. CBSE-I: Owing to unavailability of quality reading material of global standards and other technical difficulties, CBSE’s international curriculum started in 2010-11 as a pilot, will be discontinued from the coming academic year, 2017-18. Optional board exams: The Class 10 board exams will be compulsory for students once again from 2017-18. In 2011, the board exams were made optional. Instead, students could appear for school-based exams. This was an attempt to reduce the fear of exams.

CCE: Schools will no longer follow the Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) policy that emphasised on all-round assessments introduced in 2009. The board has revised the assessment pattern for schools, bringing back the focus on end of the year exams. The board exams will carry 80 marks and school-based tests only 20 marks. Problem solving assessments: In 2015, the CBSE cancelled its problem solving assessment (PSA) component abruptly in the middle of the academic year for classes 9 and 11. The exams were aimed at testing students higher order thinking and problem solving skills.

Source: Hindustan Times |16 Feb 2017 | Mumbai
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