CBSE announces scheme for 2022: rationalised syllabus, divides academic year into 2 terms

July 5: In a latest development, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that class 10 and class 12 board exams for the academic session 2021-22 will be held in two terms. According to the Board, the first term exams will be held in November-December and the second term examination has been scheduled in March-April. Each exam will be held on 50 per cent syllabus delivered to students in the said term.

The pattern of the exams has also changed. The CBSE term-I exams will have MCQs including case-based MCQs and assertion-reasoning type MCQs, however, paper-II will have questions on different formats. In case the situation is not conducive in March 2022, the schools will hold a two-hour exam in term-II.

Academic session 2021-22 of class 10th & 12th to be divided into 2 terms with approx 50% syllabus in each term. Syllabus for Board examination 2021-22 will be rationalized similar to that of last academic session to be notified in July 2021: Central Board of Secondary Education pic.twitter.com/8vyfPUhWX7

— ANI (@ANI) July 5, 2021

As per the new criteria, the syllabus for the academic session 2021-22 will be divided into two terms. In each term, 50 per cent of the syllabus will be covered. The CBSE will issue guidelines to make internal assessments, practicals and project work more credible and valid to ensure fair distribution of marks. Schools must create a student profile for all assessment undertaken over the year and retain the evidence in digital format, with marks uploaded onto CBSE’s IT platform, said the notification. The CBSE has made provisions for different assessment scenarios depending on the pandemic situation.