Central Board of Secondary Education grading, ‘optional’ Class 10 exam from 2010

Union human resources development minister Kapil Sibal said Tuesday he plans to make the Class 10 board examination optional for students under the Central Board of Secondary Education from 2010, when the new grading system of assessment would also be introduced.

The minister said the proposal for a one-board-one-exam system across the country was not on HRD’s immediate agenda as a uniform exam might not be possible right away because of the differences in standards between the state boards.

"Unless the quality of education in state boards is improved, they cannot affiliate to a uniform system. The one-board-one-exam system needs to be evolved after a detailed consultation process," he said.

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Semester-based exams in universities soon

University students across the country would soon be taking examinations based on semester system instead of an annual exam system followed right now. The marking system would also be based on grades that would be transferable to other universities if the student wants to seek a midcourse admission to another institute.

The UGC’s much-delayed plan to implement the revamp of the functioning of universities across the country is finally set to be implemented. The commission has accepted the recommendations of the committee, with Gnanam, former V-C, Pondicherry University, and Deepak Pental, V-C, Delhi University as members, established to look into the university reform process.

UGC chairman S.K. Thorat on Friday said that the reform process would be implemented soon. “The UGC would soon be directing universities to begin the process of implementation the reform. We expect to implement the proposed reforms in a phased manner over a period of next three four years,” the UGC chairman said. He said that as the academic reforms process is linked to financial incentives the commission hopes that it won’t face problems in implementation.

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