CBSE students can now retake exam same year

FOR BETTER SCORES

CBSE students can now retake exam same year

New Delhi:23.03.2021 

Starting this year, Class X and XII students wanting to improve their Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination scores not need have to wait a year for another shot at the exam. Rather, they can appear for an improvement paper in the same academic session. Such candidates will have to appear in the compartment exams conducted a few months after the declaration of results.

The change is in compliance with National Education Policy, which suggests giving multiple opportunities to board aspirants to score well. According to the new rule, the better of the two scores obtained in a subject will be considered for

declaration of the results and candidates who improve their performance will be issued a combined marksheet.

The only rider is that students can apply for improvement in only one subject. TNN

CBSE Class X, XII exams will begin from May 4

Earlier, if students had to improve their performance in board exams, they had to wait for a complete year and appear in the exam with the next batch. “Recently, the government of India has released the national education policy wherein it has envisaged that students must be given multiple opportunities for improving the performances in subjects opted by them. As per the earlier rule, candidates could improve the performance only in the succeeding year. For improving the performance, any student had to wait for complete one year as these candidates were allowed to appear in the examination conducted next year only. Keeping in view the recommendations made in the NEP, CBSE has decided to extend the opportunities,” said Sanyam Bhardwaj, CBSE examination controller.

“This permission will be made available to the candidates appearing in the 2021 examination and if they wish to improve the performance in any one subject, they may again apply in the compartment examination for appearing to improve the performance,” added Bhardwaj. CBSE Class X exams will begin from May 4 and conclude on June 7, while Class XII exams will be held between May 4 and June 11.

ALL FOR IMPROVEMENT