The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that the class 10 board exam to be conduct twice a year which will start from 2026.
The decision aims to reduce the stress of high-stakes testing, giving students greater flexibility, improved learning outcomes and second chances.
The decision follows the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which recommends eliminating the “high-stakes” nature of board examinations. According to Para 4.37 of NEP 2020, students should have the opportunity to take board exams twice in an academic year. Once as the main attempt and once as an improvement, if desired.
The policy aims to reduce pressure and the coaching culture. Some possibilities include: a system of annual/semester/modular Board Exams could developed that each test far less material, and taken immediately after the corresponding course is taken in school so that the pressure from exams is better distributed, less intense and less high-stakes across the Secondary Stage; all subjects and corresponding assessments, beginning with mathematics, could be offered at two levels, with students doing some of their subjects at the standard level and some at a higher level; and Board exams in certain subjects could be redesigned to have two parts one part of an objective type with multiple-choice questions and the other of a descriptive type.
The First Class 10 Board Exam will be on February and the other will be on May.
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