CBSE Class 10th & 12th board exams 2018 pass marks policy has been revised recently. In a recently released official CBSE notification on cbse.nic.in online, the board of education has made amendments in the same. Now students have to score a fixed percentage to pass the ongoing CBSE Class 10th & 12th board exams 2018.
Central Board of Secondary Education is the conducting body of annual board exams for Class 10th & 12th. With latest revisions made in the evaluation policy for CBSE Class 10th & 12th board exams 2018, the details are available online. Read on to know major changes in CBSE Class 10th & 12th board exams 2018 passing criteria here.
CBSE Scraps Separate Pass Marks Criteria | Check Policy Revision
Scrapping the separate pass marks criteria for Class 10th and 12th board exams, CBSE has revised the norms for candidates. Majorly, CBSE board exams 2018 are conducted as theory papers set by the education board for 80 marks. Rest all marks are counted as internal assessment sent by the school authorities to the board.
In a recent amendment, the board which counted separate pass marks for the students, scrapped the policy. Introducing an overall score to be obtained by the candidates, both in theory and practical combined, minimum marks are now set for the candidates to be achieved in totality.
Therefore, major revision in the calculation of minimum pass marks has taken place in CBSE Class 10th & 12th board exams 2018. Candidates are now exempted from scoring pass marks & fulfil separate marks criteria simultaneously. Know more about how much minimum to score to fulfil the revised passing criteria in CBSE board exams 2018.
CBSE Class 10th & 12th Board exams 2018 Passing Criteria Revised
The recently introduced major changes in the CBSE board exams 2018 marking and evaluation strategy, the amendment notification us readily available for candidates to check online. The CBSE Class 10th & 12th board exams 2018 commenced from March 5th and shall continue till April 13th.
Also, the recent revision made to the passing criteria in CBSE Class 10th & 12th board exams, the validity period for the same is just one year. Therefore, candidates are iterated that the major change shall be carried forth for a tenure of 1 year only.
Moreover apart from the time validity, the norm is applicable only on five subjects. No vocational course opted by the student appearing in CBSE Class 10th & 12th board exams 2018 shall claim the pass marks criteria. Therefore, an overall score of 33% out of 100 in the ongoing CBSE Class 10th & 12th board exams 2018 shall be obtained subject to clauses above.
For official details, check link below.
Source : CBSE