Class X students of the Central Board of Secondary Education have reason to rejoice after the Board decided to change the pass marks to their benefit.
The Board decided on Tuesday, 27 February, that students will have to now score a combined 33 per cent in internal assessment and the board tests to clear their Class X exams. Till now, students had to score 33 per cent in both the board exam and the internal assessment.
The assessment accounts for 20 per cent of the marks.
CBSE chairperson Anita Karwal issued a notification in which she said that students appearing for the Class X board exam “need to secure 33 per cent (both taken together) in the subject to be able to pass (in) that subject.”
But the relaxation is a one-time measure which is applicable to Class X students appearing in 2018 examinations only.
The 2018 exam, which starts on 6 March, is the first such exam after seven years.
In between, the Board adhered to the Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation (CCE) scheme along with optional Board exam. The CCE system was revoked in 2017 by the Board.
The relaxation is applicable on subjects where the internal assessment accounts for 20 per cent marks only and not for those where it accounts for 50 per cent of the marks, which means that vocational subjects are out of the purview of this change.