Class 10th Board Exam 2021: Here's Assessment Criteria Of CBSE, Odisha, Other State Boards

Class 10 Board Exams 2021: Odisha, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Telangana have announced that Class 10 students will be promoted on the basis of internal assessment.

Several states have cancelled their Class 10 board exams amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its associated aftermath. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) and state boards including Odisha, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh and Telangana have cancelled the board exams of Class 10 taking students’ well-being into account. While CBSE and other boards including Odisha have released the criteria on the basis of which Class 10 students will be evaluated for their cancelled exams, several others like Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra are yet to announce their assessment criteria. CBSE has announced the assessment criteria for the cancelled Class 10 board exams. As part of the CBSE Class 10 assessment criteria, the students will be evaluated on the basis of marks obtained in the tests and exams held during the academic year at the school level. The students will be assessed out of a maximum of 100 marks for each subject. While 20 marks have to be submitted by the schools as internal assessment as they have been doing, the remaining 80 marks will be based on scores in periodic tests, half-yearly or mid-term exams and pre-board examinations.