Open Text Based Assessment (OTBA) was introduced by CBSE in Class IX (in the subjects Hindi, English, Mathematics, Science and Social Science) and final examination of Class XI in select subjects (Economics, Biology and Geography) from March, 2014.

Considering the modicum partial attainment of desired objectives of OTBA and also based on the feedback of stakeholders, the Board subsequent to the resolution passed in the Governing Body Meeting, has decided to withdraw the OTBA from the Scheme of Studies in Classes IX and XI from the Session 2017-18.
The decision of the Board may be noted by all concerned for actions accordingly

Source:http://cbseacademic.in/

CBSE class 10 board exams now mandatory with grades on discipline, attendance and values

There will be two mandatory language papers and an optional sixth subject.

Students will be allowed to pick a third language.

The students currently in Class 9 in CBSE affiliated schools will have to appear in the board exams next year. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the Class 10 board examinations will be compulsory.

The board further specified that schemes I and II will stand as discontinued for students appearing for their class 10 board exams this year. According to a notification released by the CBSE, the nine-point grading will be similar to what is followed by the Class 12 boards.

The exams will be conducted for 80 marks per subject with an internal assessment total of 20 marks. In addition to this, schools will have to conduct three periodic written tests in each subject— in place of the four formative assessments. The average of the best two tests conducted through the year will be taken into account on final submission.

Students will also be evaluated on notebook submission and subject enrichment activities for internal assessment. The internals will additionally include marks on attendance, sincerity, behaviour, values and co-scholastic subjects like work education, art and health and physical education.

There will be two mandatory language papers and an optional sixth subject. Students will also be allowed to pick a third language.

The CBSE had previously decided to recommend that the three language formula— under which Hindi, English and a modern Indian language are taught— should be extended to class 9 and 10 as well from the current 6 to 8.

Practicals for the additional subjects will be conducted by the schools. A majority of the 18,000 institutions affiliated to the CBSE offer the mother tongue or Hindi, English and a foreign language such as German and Mandarin up to Class 8.  All schools will have to implement the three-language formula and extend it up to Class 10.


Source: By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: February 1, 2017 7:41 pm

Link: http://indianexpress.com/article/education/cbse-boards-class-10-9-in-2017-18-with-two-compulsory-exam-languages-4502147/

Students to give CBSE class 10 boards next year with two compulsory languages

There will be two mandatory language papers and an optional sixth subject.

(	Students will be allowed to pick a third language. (Express photo

 
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that the class 10 board examinations will be compulsory. Students currently in class 9 in CBSE affiliated schools will have to appear in the board exams next year.

The board further specified that schemes I and II will stand as discontinued for students appearing for their class 10 board exams this year. According to a notification released by the CBSE, the nine-point grading will be similar to what is followed by the class 12 boards. The exams will be conducted for 80 marks per subject.

The average of the best two tests conducted through the year will be taken into account on final submission. There will be two mandatory language papers and an optional sixth subject. Students will also be allowed to pick a third language.

The CBSE had previously decided to recommend that the three language formula— under which Hindi, English and a modern Indian language are taught— should be extended to class 9 and 10 as well from the current 6 to 8.

Practicals for the additional subjects will be conducted by the schools. A majority of the 18,000 institutions affiliated to the CBSE offer the mother tongue or Hindi, English and a foreign language such as German and Mandarin up to Class 8.

All schools will have to implement the three-language formula and extend it up to Class 10.

Source: By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: February 1, 2017 3:12 pm
Link: http://indianexpress.com/article/education/cbse-boards-class-10-9-in-2017-18-with-two-compulsory-exam-languages-4502147/

Yoga, patriotism to earn grades

CBSE notifies Class 10 students will be graded for activities under health, physical education category

:Class 10 students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be given grades for practicing yoga or showing patriotism from the next academic year.


HT FILE The marks for the mentioned ‘co­scholastic’ activities will be awarded by the physical education teacher.

  The board in a notification issued on Tuesday stated that the students would be assessed on a five-point grading scale (A-E) for co-scholastic activities such as yoga, martial arts, sports, NCC among others.
Students can opt for any of these under health and physical education category.

The grading will be reflected in the mark sheets. However, it will not impact the overall result.
“Students should be provided opportunities to get professionally trained in the areas of their interest. Indigenous sports, yoga and NCC must be encouraged in the schools to create a sense of physical fitness, discipline, sportsmanship, patriotism, selfsacrifice and health care,” reads the notification.
The marks for this component will be awarded by the physical education teacher.

In the board exams 80% weightage would be given to the written test while 20% will be given to the school’s internal assessment.

Last year, the governing body of the CBSE had approved a proposal to bring back compulsory class X board exams.


The board has 18000 schools affiliated to it.

CBSE affiliated schools have been asked to conduct three periodic written tests in an academic year and the average of the best two will be considered and will account for 10 marks.
Students will also get marks for timely submission of notes and assignments and neatness of the notebook. Neatness and upkeep of the notebooks will carry 5 marks.

“This is aimed at enhancing seriousness of students towards preparing notes for the topics being taught in the classroom and completing assignments. This will also address the critical aspects of regularity, punctuality, neatness and notebook upkeep,” the board said.

Another component included in the co-scholastic areas is discipline. This will take into account attendance, sincerity, behavior and values.

“Discipline significantly impacts career shaping and it helps build character. Sincerity, good behavior and values develop strength and foster unity and co-operation. Therefore, the element of discipline has been introduced,” it said.

Class teacher will be grading the students on a five point scale on the subject.

Source: 1 Feb 2017 |  Mumbai |  Neelam Pandey letters@hindustantimes.com

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Fewer marks for internal exams

the CBSE Class 10 board exams will become tougher for students from the next academic year, 2017-18.
The quantum of studies has increased and students must score a minimum of 33 per cent each in board and practical exams, much like Class 12 students, according to the remodelled assessment pattern released by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday. The entire evaluation system has been overhauled.

The Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) scheme, introduced in 2009 to assess students on year-round performance instead of just one exam, will not continue after Class 6.
Board exams will test students on the full book (100% syllabus) instead of only the secondterm portion. The exams will now carry more weightage — 80 marks from the earlier 60 marks. “Consequent upon the decision taken by the governing body of the board, the dual scheme of examination for Class 10 known hitherto as scheme I and II shall stand discontinued,” read the circular issued by RK Chaturvedi, chairman of the board.

Project work will be restricted to social studies alone and upscaling of grades will not be allowed in co-scholastic subjects such as work education, sports, health and so on. Combined passing for board and internal exams has been scrapped. This means that even if a child scores full marks in board exams, he will fail if he does not score 33% in internals. Marks for internal assessment conducted by the schools on their own have been reduced to 20 marks from 40 marks earlier. “Upscaling of grades guaranteed students close to 20% extra marks if they performed well in co-scholastic subjects and projects in all subjects helped in scoring,” said Raj Aloni, principal, Ram Sheth Thakur Public School, Kharghar. “Our calendar for the new academic year has been published. The new pattern will require us to change the evaluation system completely,” said Rakesh Joshi, principal of Apeejay School, Nerul.

Source: 1 Feb 2017| Mumbai | Puja Pednekar puja.pednekar@hindustantimes.com

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Medical entrance exam to be conducted in 80 cities on May 7

FOR REGISTRATIONS WHICH WILL BE OPEN FROM JANUARY 31 TO MARCH 1, STUDENTS CAN LOG ON TO WWW.CBSENEET.NIC.IN

After keeping students and parents guessing for weeks, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on May 7. For registrations which will be open from January 31 to March 1 this year, students can log on to website www.cbseneet.nic.in.

“NEET 2017 will be conducted in 80 cities this year. Keeping in mind the enormity of the exam, we are making arrangements for more than 1,500 exam centres and expecting close to 10 lakh applicants,” stated a circular released by CBSE on Tuesday evening.

NEET was first introduced in 2013 when Maharashtra scrapped their own medical entrance test for medical admissions to medial colleges.

Based on a petition filed at the Supreme Court in 2014, NEET was scrapped by the court and the state conducted its own CET based on the NEET syllabus. In 2015, the MH-CET was conducted on the basis of state board syllabus. In April 2016, however, the SC again lifted the ban on NEET and proposed to conduct admissions to MBBS, BDS and post-graduate courses through this one common test.

The Maharashtra state government decided to conduct admissions to all health science courses based on the NEET score for 2017, scrapping CET for medical admissions in the state.

“Question papers for the test will be conducted based on a common syllabus, as notified by the Medical Council of India,” said the circular.

Details of the syllabus is mentioned on the NEET website. Based on the SC order, the CBSE has also announced that the NEET exam will be conducted in ten different languages, including English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Oriya, Bengali, Assamese, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. However, despite requests, Urdu has not been included this year.

Source: 1 Feb 2017 | Mumbai | Shreya Bhandary shreya.bhandary@hindustantimes.com n

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State to fill 50% PG med seats in deemed univs





 

Yogita Rao  | Mumbai
The state government will fill 50% of post-graduate medical seats in deemed universities and private colleges through common counselling rounds that will commence soon. Admissions to all colleges will be based on scores in NEET-PG, mentioned a recent government resolution issued by the state recently . The government is also in the process of formulating an ordinance to include deemed universities in the common counselling conducted for admissions to 85% of their undergraduate seats.

 

While 50% will be filled by the state government in PG colleges, the remaining 50% will be retained by college managements, said Pravin Shingare, director of Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER). The state will, therefore, fill around 450 of the 900 PG seats in private colleges, 550 of the 1,100 in deemed medical universities and 100% for 1,200 seats in state government colleges.

However, for undergraduate admissions, which will commence only after NEETUG results will be out in June, a government resolution alone is not enough, said a government official. “Central ized UG admissions in deemed colleges were challenged in the Bombay high court last year. Since the matter is still pending in court, we will have to issue an ordinance in order to include deemed colleges in the purview of the Admissions' Act,“ said the official. Shingare confirmed that the government is working on the ordinance and is keen on bringing it out before this year's admission commence.

Parents of medical aspirants are in favour of a centralized counselling process across private and deemed colleges for undergraduate admissions. While private admissions in the state are already governed by the state, parents are awaiting the ordinance, which would bring deemed colleges under the state's purview too. Since last year's process was chaotic, parents have sought clarity on the rules and regulations in advance. One parent said if deemed universities come under the state's centralized process for PG admissions, the same policy should be applicable for UG too.

NEET 2017 on May 7; exam in 10 languages, Urdu excluded

NEET 2017 for admissions to undergraduate courses in medical and dental colleges will be held on May 7. CBSE, which expects around 10 lakh students to appear for the test this year, released the notification on Tuesday. The test will be conducted across 80 cities. While it will be conducted in two more languages--Oriya and Kannada--Urdu is not included in the notification. Earlier, the exam was to be conducted in eight languages, including Hindi, English and Marathi. The Students' Islamic Organisation (SIO) of India has decided to move Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking inclusion of Urdu in NEET 2017.

“There are around 168 schools in Maharashtra alone. There will be students from other states too whose first language could be Urdu. How can they ignore such a large number of students?“ said Mohammad Ali, public relations secretary of SIO. The registration process for NEET commenced on Tuesday and will go on till March 1. The upper age limit of candidates has been fixed at 25 years and only three attempts will be allowed to all students. Registration process details are available on http:www.cbseneet.nic.in. TNN









Source: Feb 01 2017 : The Times of India (NaviMumbai)
Link: http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31840&articlexml=State-to-fill-50-PG-med-seats-in-01022017007032#

From 2017-18, study entire syllabus for CBSE class X exam 

 

Vinamrata Borwankar Mumbai





From the next academic year, students appearing for the CBSE class X exam will have to study the complete syllabus and score 33% in both theory and internal assessment to pass. The CBSE, on Tuesday , issued the remodeled assessment structure for the board exams.

 

In December last year, the CBSE announced its decision to make board exams mandatory , taking away the option of school-based exams. “Consequent upon the decision...the dual scheme of examination for class X shall stand discontinued for students from the academic year 2017-18,“ said a circular issued by the board.

According to the new structure, the board exams will carry 80 marks and internal assessment 20 marks.In the current format, the weightage is 60:40. Students will be tested for the complete syllabus in the theory papers.“Even college students appear for exams in the semester format, so why not give the choice to schools? Students were used to studying for half the syllabus and this will be additional burden now,“ said aprincipal. Students are now required to score 23% marks in the board exams.

For internal assessment, schools will have to conduct three periodic written tests in each subject, instead of the four formative assessments, and the average of the best two tests would be taken for final marks submission.
In addition to the tests, five marks each will be designated to notebook submission and subject enrichment activities that could include tests like reading and listening, lab activities and practical work, and projects. “Students are used to the no-detention and tend to take exams lightly . The new format could change that and students will prepare better for the board exams ,“ said Kalpana Dwivedi, principal, St Joseph High School, Panvel.

The board has included discipline as a grade subject and students will also be marked on attendance, sincerity , behaviour and values along with other co-scholastic subjects like work education, art and health and physical education. The structured will have to be replicated for classes VI to IX.
 

Source:  Feb 01 2017 : The Times of India (NaviMumbai)
Link:  http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31840&articlexml=From-2017-18-study-entire-syllabus-for-CBSE-01022017007030#