CBSE to limit role in Class X exams,give schools authority

The CBSE proposal is a result of the delay in compilation of data for this year’s Class X results — the CBSE had asked all its affiliated schools to send in data for classes IX and X assessments. This year’s Class X batch is the first to be evaluated under the CCE.

For the year,the CBSE had asked schools to frame their own datesheets and Class X exams were conducted by all schools in the second half of March. The question papers were either downloaded from the CBSE website or framed through a “mix and match” of many question papers. They also had the freedom to frame their own question papers.

Schools were then asked to send in the data for classes IX and X evaluation to the CBSE for a “moderation” of results. According to CBSE sources,moderation of results is important because “this is the first year of CCE and there has to be uniformity in the results”.

Till now there is no final word on when the CBSE will declare the results,though it is said the results for the Delhi region will be declared prior to the rest of the country.

“I get calls about the results. They want to know when the results will be out and how the streams will be allotted,” said Geetanjali Kumar,counsellor with the CBSE.

Principals across the city are,meanwhile,happy about the CBSE decision to give the schools more freedom.

“There really is no requirement to get involved. When the CBSE does not get involved for classes VI,VII,or VIII,then why get involved in classes IX and X? It should be made in-house,” said a principal.