Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has decided to incorporate multiple-choice questions (MCQs) of 10 marks. It has also changed the passing marks formula.
PSEB has revised the PSEB 12th date sheet 2020 for many subjects on February 15. According to the latest circular released by the Board, the History and Geography exams which were earlier scheduled to be held on March 12 and March 27 respectively will now be held on April 3 and 1. The board stated that the changes were made due to ‘administrative reasons’. The PSEB 12th result 2020 will release as per earlier schedule.
Changes in passing marks
The Punjab Board has also changed the passing marks for the year 2020. Earlier, candidates had to secure 33 per cent marks in each subject as well as in practical and theory separately to be considered passed, however, according to the new rule, students now will be required to secure a minimum of 20 per cent marks in practical and theory section and 33 per cent combined in each subject to be considered pass.
PSEB 12th Date Sheet 2020: Revised dates
| Subject |
Date |
|---|---|
| General Punjabi |
March 3 |
| Public administration, Business organisation and management, Gurmati Sangeet, Psychology, Music (vocal) |
March 4 |
| Philosophy, Education, History and appreciation of arts, geometrical perspective and architecture |
March 5 |
| General English |
March 6 |
| Dance, agriculture |
March 7 |
| Political science, physics, business studies-II |
March 9 |
| Computer application |
March 11 |
| Chemistry, Business and accountancy methods – II, chemistry |
March 12 |
| Punjabi/Hindi/Urdu/English elective |
March 13 |
| Religion, accountancy-II, media studies, rural development and environment, Sanskrit, Biology, French, Arabic |
March 16 |
| Sociology |
March 17 |
| Environment science |
March 18 |
| NMQF subjects |
March 19 |
| Physical education and sports |
March 20 |
| Home Science |
March 21 |
| Mathematics |
March 23 |
| Music (vocal) |
March 24 |
| Economics, fundamentals of e-business |
March 25 |
| Computer science |
March 26 |
| Geography |
April 1 |
| History |
April 3 |
New PSEB 12th Exam Pattern 2020
Among major changes, PSEB has decided to incorporate multiple-choice questions (MCQs) of 10 marks (one mark each) in Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry for class 12 students. Further, 10 objective-type questions will be added for one mark each. These changes were announced only three months ahead of the board exams.
The PSEB will conduct board examinations of classes 5, 8, 10 and 12 this year. This is the first year to the class 5 board exam, since its announcement. The move has been taken after many goof-ups were reported during class 8 exams till last year like leaking of class 8 Punjabi question papers. In as many as six exam centres across the state, Punjabi question papers were distributed during the social studies exam.
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