Tag: CBSE Class 10 Exam

  • Rahul Gandhi slams CBSE for controversial passage in Class 10 exam

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the CBSE over a comprehension passage in the class 10 English paper, terming it as “disgusting” and a “ploy” of the RSS-BJP to crush the morale and future of the youth.

    The comprehension passage in the CBSE class 10 English question paper has sparked a controversy for allegedly promoting “gender stereotyping” and supporting “regressive notions” prompting the board to refer the matter to subject expert.

    In a tweet, Gandhi said, “Most CBSE papers so far were too difficult and the comprehension passage in the English paper was downright disgusting.

    Typical RSS-BJP ploys to crush the morale and future of the youth”.

    “Kids, do your best. Hard work pays. Bigotry doesn’t,” Gandhi said.

    Congress chief Sonia Gandhi also raised the issue in the Lok Sabha.

    In the class 10 exam conducted on Saturday, the question paper carried a comprehension passage with sentences like “emancipation of women destroyed the parent’s authority over the children” and “it was only by accepting her husband’s way that a mother could gain obedience over the younger ones”, among others.

    Various excerpts from the passage have gone viral on social media with users calling out the board for supporting “misogynistic” and “regressive opinions” and hashtag “CBSE insults women” trending on the microblogging site Twitter.

  • CBSE announces date sheet for minor subjects for class 10, 12 board exams

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday announced the date sheet for minor subjects in the first term board exams for classes 10 and 12.

    While the exams for minor subjects for class 10 will be conducted from November 17 to December 7, those for class 12 will be conducted from November 16 to December 30.

    The board had on Monday announced that the first term board exams for class 10 will begin from November 30, while the exams for class 12 is scheduled from December 1.

    Bifurcating the academic session, holding two term-end exams and rationalising the syllabus were part of the special assessment scheme for class 10 and 12 CBSE board exams for 2021-22, which were announced in July in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    The CBSE is offering 114 subjects in class 12 and 75 subjects in class 10.

    Out of these 19 are major subjects in class 12 and nine in class 10.

    The exams will be objective and the duration of the tests will be 90 minutes.

    The exams will start from 11.30 am instead of 10.30 am in view of the winter season.

    The exams for the minor subjects will be conducted by schools, though the question paper will be provided by the board.