CBSE

Central Board School Examination

CBSE stands for the Central Board of Secondary Examination, an independent examination body that finances itself without any help from any external source. There are many schools in India subject to the CBSE and it is from the charges on its subjects that CBSE manages itself. Currently, CBSE has more than 8979 schools, which is far more than the 300 or so schools it started with. CBSE has grown in leaps and bounds since 1921 when it was started. It was in 1952 that it assumed its current name; the Central Board of Secondary Examination. CBSE is affiliated to foreign schools, private schools, all Kendriya Vidyalayas and all Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas.

CBSE conducts final examination for secondary schools in India and the AIEEE exam for applicants who want to join undergraduate degree course in engineering and architecture in colleges and universities all over India. Many institutions of higher learning consider the AIEEE examination a good determinant of applicants for their degree programs and many of them are subject to the examinations constituted by the board. Candidates sitting for this examination have to pass well in physics, chemistry and mathematics which are the main subjects that are required for one to be eligible for an engineering or architecture course in technical colleges in India. Emphasis must also be given to the other subjects, since you cannot underestimate their importance when it comes to the overall grade at the end of the examination. One will be expected to make applications to various colleges that offer engineering and architecture courses depending on the different terms and conditions that have been set by the schools. There have been new developments in the grading system under CBSE. Class 10 students will be subject to nine grades, the highest of them being A1 (91%-100%) followed by A2 (81%-90%) and B1 (71%-80%). The others are B2 (61%-70%), C1 (51%-60%), C2 (41%-50%), D (33%-40%), E1 and E2. There will be six assessments done in two terms, April to September and October to March.

The first term has two formative assessments, each one of 10% and which will carry 40% of the total marks. Summative assessments carry 60% of the total marks. CBSE started offering aptitude tests to its subject students in February 2010 which will have to be taken at least twice by any student at the end of class 9 and at the end of class 10. Aptitude tests are meant to grade the understanding of the student and provide a general direction of his performance. The students of class 9 will not take the class 10 board exam in 2011 and for this reason will have to take two formative and one summative assessment in the last term of the school year.

For the students who sat the exam in March, the CCE evaluation will be in the school only and the formative assessment will carry 40% of the total marks and the summative assessments will carry 60% of the total marks. Proper guidelines will be issued in September and October.

The class 11 admissions are going to be based on the cumulative grade point average in which the grades obtained by the students will be considered when giving them different class 11 streams. Still, schools have their reservations about the cumulative grade point average as it is going to make stream allocation difficult. This is because many students will have the same grade and there will be no way of determining who is above whom.

CBSE will grade its subject students this year depending on the subject performance. A1 students will have 9 points, A2 students will have 8 points and B1 students will have 7 points and so forth.

Last modified: 2011-04-10 23:36:03