Following the Supreme Court’s acceptance of the CBSE and CISCE class 12 board results’ evaluation formula, the CBSE Controller of Examinations Sanyam Bharadwaj explained the 30:30:40 formula for the marking criteria for Class 12 exams, saying “40 per cent marks will be based on Class 12 pre-boards, midterm exams, and unit test, 30 per cent marks will be based on Class 11 final exams, and 30 per cent marks will be based on based of best-of-three Class 10 marks”.
Bharadwaj said, “CBSE is also developing a software on the basis of which schools can calculate marks for Class 12 exams.” He mentioned that the students who wish to take exams can appear once the situation get normal. “The process of exams for students who want to take will be initiated after results,” he said adding the Class 10 Board results will be declared by July 20.
On its part, the CICSE mentioned that performance of the candidates in the school examinations in the subjects in Classes 9 and 10, measured through their best marks obtained in the two years (referred to as raw marks) and the best performance of the school in the last six years will be evaluated. “The first two factors measure the subject proficiency of the candidates, while the last is a measure of the general quality of the schools the candidates are appearing from,” CISCE official statement said.
The assessment scheme released by the board includes student’s marks in Class 10 board exams, project, practical work in subjects, best marks obtained in school exams in Classes 11 and 12, and best performance of the school itself in the last six years. The CISCE arrived at this after considering data from 2015 to 2020.
The CISCE's Class 12 ISC result formula was devised by a committee of three experts who are statisticians and "six in-house members". The panel analysed data for one lakh students from across 1,200 schools for the Class 12 ISC result and 2.2 lakh students from 2,500 schools for the Class 10 ICSE exam.The evaluation formula, however, has evoked mixed reaction from experts with some hailing the criteria while others terming it to be unfair move for students who will step into their higher education system.
“In my opinion, more weightage should have been included for internal exams conducted in class 12 as students become serious about academics after joining class 12. They tend to take class 11 less seriously as it is not a Board class. Also including weightage for class 10 is not very wise as it includes many subjects which students don't pursue at the senior secondary level and has no relevance at this stage,” said Meenu Kanwar, Principal of the Amity International School Mayur Vihar, New Delhi.
However, Vikas Ojha, Principal of Foundation School, Buxar, appreciated the decision taken by the CBSE on the evaluation process given the odd prevailing circumstances that has affected the education system equally.
“I believe the CBSE and the members of the Committee to set the evaluation process did their best to keep intact a sound school education. Now with this we look forward to abide and hence convey the markings to the Board sooner we get an official communication in this regard,” said Ojha.