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CBSE on April 3 issued a circular to all affiliated schools regarding the new exam format for classes 11 and 12 for the 2024-25 academic session. (Image: PTI)
For the 2024-25 academic session, CBSE has increased the weightage for aptitude-based questions by 10% compared to the previous year, while reducing the weightage for short and long-term answers.
The Central Board of Secondary Education has revised the format of year-end examinations for classes 11 and 12 from the 2024-25 academic session. It has increased the weightage for aptitude-based questions by 10 per cent compared to last year, while reducing the weightage for short and long-term answers.
Therefore, the weightage of concept application questions will be 50 per cent, compared to 40 per cent in the 2023-24 session. The weightage for short and long answer questions has been reduced to 30 percent as compared to 40 percent in the last session.
A circular issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday (April 3) to all affiliated schools said: “Align their practice of assessment and evaluation with the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in the upcoming 2024. Continuing – In the 25th academic session, the percentage of aptitude-based questions assessing application of concepts in real life situations has increased by 10 per cent.
Concept-based questions include multiple choice questions, case-based and source-based integrated questions. A senior official said that every year CBSE is increasing the weightage of aptitude-based questions by 10 per cent i.e. up to a maximum of 50 per cent. The official said that this is being done every year for the last three years.
However, the board has not made any changes in the exam format of Class 9 and 10 with respect to the previous year. The changes are being made in line with the NEP, which envisages competency-based education rather than textbook-driven education.
The main thrust of the Board was to create an educational ecosystem that would move away from rote learning towards one that focuses on developing creative, critical and systems thinking abilities of students to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Said in his letter to the heads of schools.
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