National Education Policy 2020 has affirmed the need to move from rote to competency- based learning. This will equip the learners with key competencies to meet the challenges of the 21st century proactively. Accordingly, the Board has taken multiple steps towards the implementation of Competency Based Education (CBSE) in schools. These range from aligning assessment to CBSE, development of exemplar resources for teachers and students on CBSE pedagogy and assessment and continued teacher capacity building.
In this context the Board has released Circular No. Acad-05/2019 dated 18.01.2019; Circular No. Acad-11/2019 dated 06.03.2019; Circular No. Acad-18/2020 dated 16.03.2020; Circular No. Acad-32/2020 dated 14.05.2020 and Circular No. Acad-31/2020 dated 22.04.2021. In continuation to these circulars, the Board is initiating further corresponding changes in the Examination and Assessment practices for the year 2022- 23 to align assessment to Competency Based Education. Therefore, in the forthcoming sessions a greater number of Competency Based Questions or questions that assess application of concepts in real-life/ unfamiliar situations will be part of the question paper.
| (Classes IX-X) | ||
| Year End Examination/ Board Examination (Theory) | (2021-22) Existing (As per Special Scheme of Assessment for Board Examination – Circular No. Acad-51/2021 dated 05.07.2021) | (2022-23) Modified (Annual Scheme) |
| Composition | · Term I – Multiple Choice Question including case based and assertion reasoning type MCQs – 100% (30% questions competency based) · Term II – Case based/ Situation based, Open Ended- short answer/long answer questions (30% questions competency based) | · Competency Based Questions would be minimum 40% These can be in the form of Multiple Choice Questions, Case based Questions, Source based Integrated Questions or any other types. · Objective Type Questions will be 20% · Remaining 40% short answer/long answer questions (as per existing pattern) |
| (Classes XI-XII) | ||
| Year End Examination/ Board Examination (Theory) | (2021-22) Existing (As per Special Scheme of Assessment for Board Examination – Circular No. Acad-51/2021 dated 05.07.2021) | (2022-23) Modified (Annual Scheme) |
| Composition | · Term I – Multiple Choice Question including case based and assertion reasoning type MCQs – 100% ( 20% questions competency based) · Term II – Case based/ Situation based, Open ended- short answer/long answer (20% questions competency based) | · Competency Based Questions would be minimum 30% These can be in the form of Multiple Choice Questions, Case based Questions, Source based Integrated Questions or any other types. · Objective Type Questions will be 20% · Remaining 50% Short Answer/Long Answer Questions (as per existing pattern) |
Curriculum document released by the Board vide circular No.Acad-50/2022 dated 28th April, 2022 and the forthcoming Sample Question Papers may be referred for the details of changes in the QP design of individual subjects.
