Incomplete CBSE Math-Class XII Paper

An incomplete question of six marks in the CBSE Class XII mathematics paper left examinees baffled on Monday.

There were also complaints against the Higher Secondary nutrition and physics papers.

Teachers of CBSE schools who were on examination duty said a crucial part of a question in Group C, carrying six marks, was missing.

“Students could answer only 94 marks because of the incomplete question, which was a must item. The board should have been more careful,” said a teacher of a CBSE school in south Calcutta.

Though there was no instruction from the Delhi-based authorities, most schools advised the examinees not to waste time on the “incomplete” question.

Malini Bhagat, the principal of Mahadevi Birla Girls’ Higher Secondary School, said: “It seems to be a printing error. We asked the students not to worry as the board would surely do the needful to ensure that the students are compensated.”

Several examinees expressed the fear that the “board’s goof-up” might mar their chances of securing admission in reputable colleges. “The marks in the Class XII exams often form the basis of admission in degree courses. Missing out six marks is not a joke,” said an examinee.

In the Higher Secondary nutrition paper, examinees alleged, a question was wrongly set from the Class XI syllabus.

“Following the bifurcation of the HS course in 2008, questions from Class XI topics are not supposed to be set in the Class XII exams,” said an examinee in a north Calcutta centre.

A section of the students who took the physics test complained that some questions were set following the pattern in the old syllabus.

Onkar Sadhan Adhikari, the president of the West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education, said the authorities would discuss the “matter with subject experts”, though he had not received any complaint.

Courtesy:  The Telegraph India

CBSE Set to Launch International Syllabus

Taking the first step towards giving the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) an international character, the HRD ministry has decided that from the next academic session CBSE-affiliated schools abroad will have an international syllabus. 

Even CBSE schools in India will be free to introduce this syllabus. While no change will be brought in the mathematics and science syllabus, language and social science will undergo complete change. The new syllabus is likely to be finalized within a month. 

"The idea is to model CBSE on the lines of International Baccalaureate (IB). There will be stress on activity-based learning," a ministry official said. 

The new international syllabus for class I and IX will be introduced in the next academic session. Then, every year the syllabus for new classes will be introduced. 

There are CBSE-affiliated schools in many West and South Asian countries mostly started by Indians there. It was felt that students in these schools are unable to compete internationally by studying an India-centric syllabus. "Therefore, it was felt that CBSE should become international," the official said. 

Explaining the change, the official said there is no point in only teaching Indian history to CBSE schools abroad. "The emphasis should be on local and world history. Also why should only Indian languages be taught in schools outside India," the official said, adding it would be an altogether separate curriculum. 

However, the existing syllabus will continue in CBSE schools in India. It is expected that slowly even Indian schools will switch over to the international syllabus.


Courtesy: Times of India

Complain if you are upset with CBSE question paper

Schools upset about incorrect or “out-of-course” questions in this year’s Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) public examinations can seek redress by submitting a list of concerns to the board within 24 hours of the examination.

The country’s largest secondary education board has asked all affiliated schools to desist from complaining about question papers to the media and has put in place a formal redress mechanism for the first time.

In a letter to all affiliated schools ahead of the board examinations that started today, the CBSE has promised that an expert panel will examine all concerns sent by schools within 24 hours of the examination.

These complaints, if found justified by the expert panel, will be taken into account while finalising the marking scheme for the subject, the letter by the board’s chief controller of examinations, M.C. Sharma, states.

The question papers for the Class X and XII board exams are finalised after layers of scrutiny.

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