Education
CBSE Board Exams 2023: Competency based questions for students
The questions will comprise format of objective type, constructing response type, assertion and reasoning and case based.
The Ministry of State for Education, Annapurna Devi said in the Lok Sabha said that at least 40 percent of questions in the CBSE Class 10 exam and 30 percent in Class 12 exams in 2023 will be competency-based. These questions will comprise multiple formats such as objective type, constructing response type, assertion, reasoning, and case-based.
“In pursuance of NEP-2020, CBSE has been introducing competency-based questions in the classes 10 and 12 board examinations to reform the pattern of examinations. These questions comprise multiple formats such as objective type, constructing response type, assertion and reasoning, and case-based format,” she said.
“In the academic session 2022-23, approximately 40 percent of questions in class 10 board examinations and approximately 30 percent of questions in Class 12 are competency-based,” the minister added. Following the introduction of the new NEP, in 2020, CBSE advised affiliated schools to follow the recommendations regarding the pattern of education.
Theory examinations for class 10 and class 12 for the academic year will begin on February 15, 2023. However, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is yet to announce the exam schedule.
The minister further said that following the introduction of the new National Education Policy, 2020, the CBSE had advised affiliated schools to follow the recommendations regarding the pattern of education.
“Prominent among these are — competency-based learning, adoption of learning outcomes, use of experiential and joyful learning pedagogies such as art-integrated education, sports-integrated learning, storytelling, etc, emphasis on foundational literacy and numeracy, induction of qualified counselors at the secondary and senior secondary level,” said the minister.