'More focus on checking concept clarity': CBSE changes exam format for Classes 11, 12
PTC News Desk: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) officials on Thursday announced a change in the format of exams for Classes 11 and 12 from the 2024-25 session. The officials said that the revised format will include more competency-based questions that assess the application of concepts in real-life situations.
While the percentage of competency-focused questions, such as MCQs, case-based questions, source-based integrated questions, and others, has increased from 40 to 50%, the percentage of constructed response questions, including short and long answers, has decreased from 40 to 30%.
According to Joseph Emanuel, Director (Academics), CBSE: "The board in accordance with National Education Policy, 2020 has taken multiple steps towards implementation of Competency-Based Education in schools, ranging from aligning assessment to competencies, development of exemplar resources for teachers and students as well as continuous capacity building of the teachers etc."
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"The main emphasis of the board was to create an educational ecosystem that would move away from rote memorisation and towards learning that is focused on developing the creative, critical and systems thinking capacities of students to meet the challenges of the 21st century."
Emanuel stated that the board is continuing to align assessment and evaluation methods with NEP-2020 for the academic year 2024-2025.
There is no change to the exam format for Classes 9 and 10.
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