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Why did the HRD Ministry ask education boards to scrap the marks moderation policy?
The latest decision by the boards will bring down the marks in Class XII Board exams, and soaring cut-offs during undergraduate admissions. Kerala, however, has sought a year’s time to scrap the policy.
In a major decision, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today scrapped the moderation policy under which grace marks are given to students in exams for difficult questions. According to the policy , students were awarded 15 % marks if the questions were seeming difficult for their level.
Further, 32 school boards have agreed to scrap the policy of "marks moderation" from this year. A recent report claimed that the number of students scoring 95 per cent and above in the Class 12 examination conducted by CBSE rose 23 times in six years– from 384 in 2008 to 8,971 in 2014.
The latest decision by the boards will bring down the marks in Class XII Board exams, and soaring cut-offs during undergraduate admissions. Kerala, however, has sought a year’s time to scrap the policy.
However, the practice of awarding grace marks will continue to ensure that a student clears an exam if he or she needs a few marks to do so and these extra marks will be disclosed on the candidate’s marksheet.
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