CBSE Classes 10, 12 exams to begin today

New Delhi: The CBSE examination for Classes 10 and 12 are set to begin from Monday. More than 28 lakh students will appear in the examination this year.  

A total of 16,38,428 candidates have registered for Class 10 examination, while 11,86,306 candidates have registered for Class 12 examination. The exam will be conducted at 4,453 centres across India and 78 centres outside India.

Similarly, for Class 12, the examination will be held at 4,138 centres in India and 71 centres abroad.

The Class 10 Board exam has been reintroduced from this year after the government decided to do away with the Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation (CCE) adopted earlier.

“The board has made appropriate arrangements with the state authorities and local police to conduct trouble-free exams throughout the country,” the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) stated.

The CBSE had earlier said that from this year, it is allowing candidates with special needs to write their exams using laptops but their device will have to undergo an inspection by the computer teacher at the exam centre and no Internet access will be allowed.

Candidates suffering from diabetes are allowed to carry eatables inside the examination centres.

A total of 4,510 and 2,846 differently-abled candidates have registered for Classes 10 and 12 exams.

In another development, CBSE has decided to relax pass mark criteria for Class 10 students, this year.

As per a notification from the Board, it has decided to implement overall 33 per cent pass mark criteria for this batch of students only.

As a “one time measure”, the Board has decided to revise the pass marks as this batch is from a different assessment background, while they were in Class 9. As per the new relaxation in order to pass, a student has to secure a total 33 per cent (internal assessment and Board exam marks, taken together) in the Board examination-2018.