From ’15,Class X board exam may have 100% objective-type questions

“There are several aspects that need to be discussed when opting for 100% objective-type question based papers for Class X board exam,for which a committee headed by the vice-chairman of the Board has been formed,” said M M Pathan,officer on special duty,GSHSEB.

As per the proposal,all subjects barring language papers will have only multiple-choice questions,and questions will have to be solved on optical mark recognition (OMR) sheets in order to facilitate evaluation. The Board had introduced 50% objective-type questions in all subjects from 2010. It also reduced time to solve such questions from 75 minutes to 60 minutes from this year in order to avoid possible cheating.

The proposal is being considered as several members of the Board are of the opinion that this will prepare students for future competitive examinations like engineering and medical entrances more efficiently. The questions will also save students from rote learning and make them more concerned about understanding concepts behind a theory,those in favour of the proposed system have said.

“As far as writing skills of students are concerned,we are considering exempting language papers from this pattern,so we could test writing skills of students,” Pathan said.