Education
Remove marks disparity, CBSE to discuss with States
CBSE has been asked to coordinate with state boards on removing the disparity in marks.
The CBSE (Centre Board for Secondary Education) has been instructed by the Centre to discuss how to remove disparity between the marks awarded to examinees, said Union minister Satya Pal Singh.
Singh cited an example, “when students of the CBSE and various state boards seek admission in the undergraduate level of a university furnish their mark sheets, it is found that their marks range from 98 per cent to 85 per cent. The university then has to make a comparison between papers of different boards and strike a ratio to arrive at an admission formula.”
“We have already sent an instruction to the CBSE to discuss with other state boards on the issue,” he added.
Nonetheless, Singh said that awarding marks remained in the domain of school education department of the respective state boards.
