With a stronger focus on vocational and skill-based training NCERT has proposed a new evaluation model for the Class 12 board exams. It will incorporate marks from Classes 9 through 11.
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According to a paper titled “Establishing Equivalence across Education Boards,” the following cumulative performance measures should be included: 15% from Class 9, 20% from Class 10, and 25% from Class 11. The suggestion from NCERT states that a student’s ultimate Class 12 board scores will be influenced by their performance starting in Class 9. In July 2024, the Ministry of Education received a report from PARAKH. Parekh is a regulatory center established by NCERT. It promotes a uniform evaluation methodology for all Indian educational boards. In order to promote holistic learning, as outlined in the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), the report suggests making vocational and skill-based subjects, such as Data Management, Coding, Application Development, Artificial Intelligence, Music, Arts, and Crafts, mandatory after discussions with 32 boards over the past year. New assessment system of NCERT Class 12 results would represent 15 percent of Class 9 output, 20 percent of Class 10 performance, and 25 percent of Class 11 performance, with the remaining 40 percent based on Class 12 itself. The evaluation for Class 12 will be divided into formative and summative assessments; formative assessments will include self-reflection, student portfolios, teacher assessments, project execution, and group discussions; summative assessments will consist of traditional term-end examinations. The report also outlines how scores should be distributed across classes: in Class 9, 70 percent of results from formative and 30 percent from summative assessments; in Class 10, a 50-50 split; in Class 11, 40 percent of formative and 60 percent of total.In Class 12, 70% came from summative exams and 30% from formative ones.Introduction of credit based system in class 12 board exam. A credit-based system will underpin the new assessment design for Classes 9 through 12, giving each topic unit a certain amount of weight in terms of credits. Out of a potential forty subject-specific credits, students in Classes 9 and 10 must get 32, while those in Classes 11 and 12 must achieve 36 (out of 44). Research and community-based initiatives, as well as online courses like MOOCs, can be used to earn the remaining credits.
