CBSE 2024 Exam Pattern for 10, 12 Revised; These are the Changes…
The CBSE board intends to implement Competency Focused Education, with more competency-based questions to assess students' application of concepts in real-life situations.
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CBSE Exam Pattern 2023-24 : The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has changed the exam pattern as well as assessment scheme for the year 2024 for classes 10th and 12th. As per board these changes are introduced foreseeing the need to move from rote learning to a learning more focused on developing the creative and critical thinking capacities of students.
The suggested alterations in the question paper format involve an increase in the weightage of competency based questions and MCQs. Thus, there will be a lesser number of short and long answer questions as compared to the previous years’ exams.
These are the Changes?
The board intends to implement Competency Focused Education, with more competency-based questions to assess students' application of concepts in real-life situations. The question paper in year-end board examinations will have an increased number of application based questions in the form of MCQs, Case Based Questions, Source-based Integrated Questions or any other format.
Also Read : CBSE Exam : Next year dates of 10th, 12th examination announced
Composition of question paper for Board Examination 2024 (Theory)
For class 10 : Competency Focused Questions in the form of MCQs/Case Based Questions, Source-based Integrated Questions or any other type = 50%,
Select response type questions(MCQ) = 20%,
Constructed response questions (Short Answer/Long Answer type Questions, as per existing pattern) = 30%
For class 12 : Competency Focused Questions in the form of MCQs/Case Based Questions, Source-based Integrated Questions or any other type = 40%,
Select response type questions(MCQ) = 20%,
Constructed response questions (Short Answer Questions/Long Answer type Questions, as per existing pattern) = 40%
Through competency based questions, students will be tested for their critical thinking and problem solving skills. At the same time, a candidate's creativity will also be evaluated through his/her way of answering the questions. Thus, the times are gone when students had to follow definitions and learn theories. Now, they are expected to be more observant towards the real life situations and miscellaneous incidents taking place in the society.
Advantages of Competency Focused Education
*The competency based questions intend to promote students’ high-order thinking skills.
*Competency Focused Education helps to enhance the social and emotional skills among students.
*It prepares students for global competence.
*It enhances students’ critical and analytical thinking, and problem solving abilities that are vital in the real competitive world.
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