CBSE stops Moderation - No More Extra Marks

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26-April-17

In the last week Ministry of HRD organized a meeting which was attended by CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) and all other State School Boards. Some of the major decisions taken in this meeting are as follows -

No more extra marks! Moderation, as it was called for the practice of awarding extra marks for tough or out-of-syllabus questions, will end from this year's Class 12 Board Exams. According to the board officials and school principals, the abolition of moderation would lead to a level playing ground. At present, students from state boards that don't practice moderation find themselves at disadvantage during admission or while meeting the board-score-based eligibility criteria for professional entrance tests.
Grace marks to help a student pass will continue but the mark sheet will mention the actual score and the grace marks separately. A CBSE student can hope for a maximum of 3 grace marks to help him/her reach the pass marks of 33 in a paper.
Marks for extra-curricular activities will not be considered while grading or ranking the examinees.
All boards to follow NCERT (National Council of Education Research and Training) textbooks and curricula for science and mathematics from Class 9 to 12. This will help in preparing students better country wide for national level competitive exams.
All State School Boards to gradually adopt the CBSE ratio of objective-type, essay-type and small-answer questions.
Hence, from now onwards complaints from students about tough or out-of-syllabus questions in their CBSE or any of the country's 30-odd national and state school 4 board papers will not fetch them any extra marks, beginning from this year's exams.