The CBSE had initially started offering two levels of Mathematics subject – one easy and one advanced – to reduce the stress levels of students.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will introduce two levels of English and Sanskrit languages from the coming academic session, Union Education Ministry announced. As per the statement released by the Ministry, CBSE will introduce improvement examination from the year 2021 and will introduce English and Sanskrit in two levels from the session 2021-22. CBSE already conducts Mathematics and Hindi examination for class 10 at two levels. Competency-based questions have been introduced in the CBSE Board exams for CBSE 10th and CBSE 12th in a phased manner and will be increasing by 10 per cent every year.
The CBSE had initially started offering two levels of Mathematics subject – one easy and one advanced – to reduce the stress levels of students.
During a virtual interaction with students, the Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that students will get more choice in answering questions in JEE Main 2021 and CAT 2021 exams, adding that the syllabus for CBSE exams had already been reduced keeping in mind the pressure on students when a pandemic is raging on.
While replying to a query, Pokhriyal informed that as the curriculum was cut by 30 per cent this year due to COVID-19, therefore in the upcoming competitive examinations like JEE Main 2021 and NEET 2021 the candidates will have more options to answer the questions. The student had raised concern that they are facing difficulty as many topics had not been covered yet.
Nishank said the students would not need to worry as all factors would be kept in mind.
Responding to another question, Nishank said the new National Education Policy (NEP) was prepared to keep in mind India of future. A lot of emphasis has been laid on practical knowledge rather than just bookish knowledge. Vocational training facility will be provided for students from class 6 onwards, in which the internship is also associated. Artificial intelligence will also be taught from the school level itself. At the same time, Indian values and culture will also be promoted. This policy is capable of realizing the dream of AatmaNirbhar Bharat”.
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