CBSE Board Exams 2024-25: Board brings changes in composition of Class 12 question paper

The composition of question paper for year-end examination/ board exams (theory) for classes 9 and 10 have not seen any changes for the new academic session (2024-25).

CBSE new syllabus revealed for class 10 and 12

NCERT today announced that the new textbooks aligned with NCF-SE 2023 for Class 3 will be available by April 2024 and Class 6 by mid-May 2024. (Representative image/ file)

CBSE has introduced changes in assessment and evaluation to align with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Class 11 and 12 board exams will now have more competency-based questions and fewer constructed response questions.

As per the revised guidelines, the competency-focused questions in the form of MCQs/case-based questions, source-based integrated questions or any other type in Class 11 and 12 have been increased from 40 per cent to 50 per cent. On the other hand, the constructed response questions (short answer questions/ long answer type questions, as per existing pattern) have been reduced from 40 per cent to 30 per cent in the 2024-25 academic session. The select response type questions (MCQ) remain the same (20 per cent).

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However, the composition of question papers for year-end examination/ board exams (theory) for classes 9 and 10 has not seen any changes for the new academic session (2024-25).

“The main emphasis of the Board was to create an educational ecosystem that would move away from rote memorization and towards learning that is focused on developing the creative, critical and systems thinking capacities of students to meet the challenges of the 21st century,” CBSE stated in an official notice.

Meanwhile, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) today announced that the new textbooks aligned with NCF-SE 2023 for Class 3 will be available by April 2024 and Class 6 by mid-May 2024. “Also 1.21 Cr copies of 2023-2024 editions for various classes are out, with more coming regularly. Buffer stock for Classes 4, 5, 9, and 11 is ready. Digital copies of all NCERT textbooks are freely available on the NCERT portal, DIKSHA, and ePathshala portal and app,” NCERT said in an official post on X (formerly known as Twitter).

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