CBSE Board Exams 2021-22: Admit Cards For Class 10, 12 to be Released on Nov 9 | Key Changes Students Must Know

CBSE Board Exams 2021-22 Latest News: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday made a big announcement for the students who are preparing for Term 1 exams. Issuing a notification, the CBSE said it will start the board exams for classes 10 and 12 from November 16 onwards. Giving further details, the board said it would share the admit cards for the Class 10, 12 students with the schools by November 9. The bord will also release detailed guidelines in regards the process, examination center on the same day.Also Read – CBSE Board Exams 2021-22: What CBSE Plans For Major And Minor Subject Exams? Check Full List of Class 10, 12 Subjects Here

The CBSE said that the Term 1 Exams will be held in MCQ-only format and the students will have to fill circles given on a sheet of paper to mark their answers. The CBSE will provide OMR sheets to schools and each OMR sheet will be customized. Also Read – HPBoSE Term 1 Board Exams Date Sheet 2021-22 Released: Class 10 Exams From Nov 20, Class 12 Exams From Nov 18

The Board also stated that it will fix the exam date sheet for minor subjects that are offered by fewer schools and will conduct examinations for minor subjects in groups to conclude exams in minimum time. Also Read – CBSE Board Exams 2021-22: Exam Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj Says Holding Exams in 2 Parts Will Reduce Failure Percentage, Stress Level of Students

As per the latest notification, the term-1 exams will be held for the duration of 90 minutes and will be held for half the exam only.

The CBSE said it offers 114 subjects for class 12 students and 75 subjects for class 10 and will hold exams only for major (subjects offered by all schools) subjects. “If exams of all subjects are conducted, the entire duration of exams would be about 40-45 days. Therefore, to avoid learning loss of students, CBSE would conduct exams of only “subjects offered by all schools,” the board said in the official notice.

CBSE Board Exams 2022: Key Changes Students Must Know

1. This time, the Term 1 exam will be held on 50% of the syllabus.
2. The exams will be held in MCQ-only format.
3. The duration of the exam will be 90 Minutes (1 hour 30 mins).
4. The board has increased the reading time from 15 minutes to 20 minutes.
5. The board will start exam from 11:30 instead of 10:30 AM.
6. On the other side, the practicals/ internals will constitute 50% of total marks.
7. As per the board direction, the practical marks will be uploaded on the official portal by December 23.
8. However, no external examiner will be there for term-1 exams by CBSE for practicals
9. The schools have been asked to use their own answer book for practical.
10. One observer will be appointed by the CBSE in each exam centre. One observer will be appointed for every 500 students.
11. Moreover, the CBSE will appoint city coordinators at all exam centres.