CBSE Updates

CBSE to conduct NET only once a year

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CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) has proposed that the National Eligibility Test (NET) should be conducted only once a year. At present the NET is being held in July and December every year for the grant of junior research fellowship. The CBSE will conduct the exam scheduled to be held in July 2017.

CBSE – NET is a qualifying exam for recruitment of college and university teachers. UGC has clarified that the July 2017 NET will be conducted as per the schedule. The proposal to conduct NET once in a year has come up considering the response from the candidates and resources required.

The candidates will be more serious if the exam is made once in a year. Only 17 percent of the registered candidates are taking the exam and out of them only 4 percent are clearing the NET. Hence the CBSE proposed to make it more serious.

CBSE has to issue notification for the NET exam to be held in July 2017. NET was conducted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) till 2014 and was handed over to the CBSE later.

CBSE Releases New Exam Format for Classes VI to IX from 2017-18

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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced new examination format for Classes VI to IX. The new exam format will be implemented in all the CBSE schools from the academic year 2017-18. The new exam format will be a part of bringing all the students under a uniform assessment process from Class VI onwards.

Schools affiliated to CBSE will have to adhere to CBSE’s template, from exams to report cards, which will now bear the logo of the central board. The change is a step towards restoration of the Class X board examinations from 2018.

The CBSE has formally implemented the continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) scheme for classes VI to IX since 2009. The Board will be replacing it with a new format- ‘uniform system of assessment, examination and report card’ – that aims at standardizing teaching and evaluation across schools.

The new format is said to be a gradual movement towards quality education through standardization of teaching, assessment, examination and report card. There has been huge growth of schools under CBSE for several decades.

With the increase in CBSE affiliated schools from 309 in 1962 to 18,688 at present, a uniform system of examination and evaluation will ease the difficulties of the students. The new report cards will be introduced from the academic year 2017-18.