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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced grading for Class X from 2010. Board examinations will finally come without the pass or fail tag for students.
The nine-point scale grade system in CBSE will require students to get qualifying grades in four of the five subjects to get promoted to the next level. It has been decided not to carry pass or fail on the mark sheets of students. Students will have four options to improve on their grades within a period of two years from their exam.
The CBSE grading system will adopt a five-point scale, which means awarding students grades from A to E. This will eliminate the schools from showing raw scores on the evaluation report of each student.
The new CBSE grade system is based on two parameters – absolute and percentile marks. There is a uniform model to be followed in assessing all subjects. But the parameters are different for different subjects depending upon the difficulty level. For example, A star grade would signify 9 points for Maths, while the same would signify 7 points for English.
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Under the new CBSE grading system there will be subject-wise grades, no cumulative grade will be awarded, as our mark sheets do not carry the total marks at present. The last grade will be the un-qualifying grade and this will decide whether the candidate has passed the exam or failed it.”
Gradually the word ‘fail’ would be abolished once this system is successfully implemented. This would reduce stress on students. “But we may have to wait for some more years before completely abolishing fail from Boards.
Summative Assessment Based on the term-end examination
Formative Assessment To evaluate and grade class work, homework, assignment and project work
Students of class IX and X will be evaluated on a 9-point grading system. Each grade, given on the basis of both formative and summative assessments, will correspond to a range of marks.
The nine point grading scale for measuring Scholastic achievements is reproduced below: –
Marks Range | Grade | Grade Point |
91-100 | A1 | 10.0 |
81-90 | A2 | 9.0 |
71-80 | B1 | 8.0 |
61-70 | B2 | 7.0 |
51-60 | C1 | 6.0 |
41-50 | C2 | 5.0 |
33-40 | D | 4.0 |
21-32 | E1 | C |
00-20 | E2 | C |
