2010 Examination Highlights

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING 2010 EXAMINATIONS
 (Issued by the CBSE)
 
Class XII Student will appear for the first time in Graphics Design
Course (Code NO – 71) and Heritage Crafts (Code no  70). Sample
Question papers in both the subjects have been posted on the Board’s
website www.cbse.nic.in.
 
All students of Class X in the current academic year will be taking
the CBSE Board’s Class X 2010 Examination. The weightage of the
school based assessment will remain the same as per past practice,
i.e. 20% each in the subjects of Science, Social Science and
Mathematics.
 
The new Grading system has been introduced at Secondary
School level (for Classes IX & X) effective from 2009-10
Academic Sessions.  The details of grading scheme have been
circulated to school via circular no 39 & 40 available on website
www.cbse.nic.in.  
 
The New Scheme of Grading has been introduced with the aim that :
 
It will minimize misclassification of students on the basis of marks.
It will eliminate unhealthy competition among high achievers.
It will reduce societal pressure and will provide the learner with more
flexibility.
It will lead to a focus on a better learning environment
 
 Operational Modalities
 
The student’s performance shall be assessed using conventional
method of numerical marking.
The ‘Grades’ shall be awarded on a nine point scale to indicate the
subject wise performance.
 
MARKS RANGE  GRADE  GRADE POINT
91-100   A1 10.0
81-90   A2  9.0
71-80   B1  8.0
61-70   B2  7.0
51-60   C1  6.0
41-50   C2  5.0
33-40   D  4.0
21-32   E1 ---
20 and below   E2  ---
 
Only Subject wise grades shall be shown in the  “Statement of
Subject wise Performance” to be issued to all candidates.
 
Subject-wise percentile score/rank at the National  level shall be
provided to the schools on demand. 5
 
The practice of  declaring Compartment/ Fail shall be
discontinued.
 
Those candidates who obtain the qualifying grades (D and above) in all
the subjects excluding Additional subject as per Scheme of Studies
shall be awarded a Qualifying Certificate.
 
Those candidates who obtain grade E1 or E2 in the subject shall have
to improve their performance through subsequent five attempts.
 
Those candidates who are not able to get qualifying grades (D and
above) in all the subjects excluding Additional subject as per Scheme
of Studies shall not be permitted for admission in Class XI.
 
Exemptions available to differently abled students as per CBSE’s rule
shall continue to apply. 
 
The scheme shall also be applicable in the assessment of academic
performance at the end of Class IX.