New format for ICSE Eng language Nov exam

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New format for ICSE Eng language Nov exam

Jhimli.Mukherjeepandey@timesgroup.com

Kolkata:23.09.2021

The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations has brought in a fresh question-and-answer format for the English language paper for the November semester examination. It has revised the earlier format and fine-tuned it further to make it conducive to the MCQ format. A sample question paper has been sent to schools and a national workshop will be held on Thursday for all English language teachers to adapt to the changed format.

While the earlier paper had short answers to comprehension passages, the new sample paper indicates one word answers and, in some cases, three-word simple sentences from which the candidate will make his/her choice. English language teachers in city schools welcomed the new slim question paper pattern and said this would help students pinpoint answers better and chances of making mistakes would be reduced.

They also said that since they would have to tackle so many questions within the span of an hour, the new format will help them pick up speed while writing the answers. The marks allotted to each section have also been reformatted and scaled down so that chances of losing marks are reduced. Many questions have been redesigned to carry a weightage of one mark.

“There are hundreds of children who will access the question paper on mobiles since they don’t own laptops. Naturally on that small screen big format question papers will only help to confuse. So the Council decided to make it a slim paper without compromising on the quality,” said a teacher who is an ICSE English examiner.