The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will assess the students of Classes 9 to 12 on the basis of application of concepts in “real-life or unfamiliar situations”. Termed competency-based questions, the questions in the CBSE board exams will include multiple-choice questions (MCQs), case-based questions and source-based integrated questions, as per the circular released on April 22. CBSE's competency-based education project is aimed at replacing the existing rote-learning model with a competency-based framework as is mentioned in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
The new pattern of competency-based questions will not be applicable for students appearing in the upcoming Classes 10, 12 board exams in 2021. This shall come into force from the academic session 2021-22 onwards.
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CBSE on March 24 had also announced a competency-based assessment framework for Science, Mathematics and English. The assessment framework seeks to strengthen India's existing school education system for the students and improve the overall learning outcomes.
Competency-Based Questions: Nature, Marks Allotment
For Class 9 and Class 10, CBSE has decided to introduce a minimum of 30 per cent competency-based questions in the form of Multiple Choice questions (MCQs), case-based questions, source-base integrated questions, etc. 20 per cent of the questions will be objective type and the remaining 50 per cent will be short and long answer type questions, as per the existing pattern.
However, for Class 11 and Class 12, there will be 20 per cent competency-based questions, 20 per cent objective type questions and the remaining 60 per cent will be short and long answer type questions.
The overall marks and duration of the CBSE board final examination will remain unchanged.
Moreover, to transform education towards an outcome-based approach and more competency-oriented, CBSE made Competency-Based Education as the annual theme of training of teachers in the session 2020-21.
