CBSE relieves its class 10 students by granting one-time relaxation in passing marks

New Delhi, February 28: The CBSE board students of standard 10 are being gifted by the board as it has given one-time relaxation for the mandatory passing percentage. Students will be exempted from the mandatory separate pass criteria in the subjects having internal assessment component of 20 marks and 80 marks of Board examination. The Central Board of Secondary Education on Tuesday notified this one-time exemption.

In a circular issued to all CBSE-affiliated schools across the country, the board has decided to implement overall 33% pass mark criteria for this batch of students only — they don’t need to secure 33% separately in board exams and internal assessments.

The circular says: “The examination committee of the board in its meeting held on February 16 after considering the circumstances and the facts that the current batch of class X: 2018 is coming from a different assessment background while they were in class IX (in 2017) resolved to approve the following for this batch of class-X appearing in 2018 examinations as a one-time measure.”

 

The class 10 exams will be mandatory from this year after a gap of seven years. In 2009, the human resource development (HRD) ministry had said the class 10 exams will be made optional, which started in 2010-11.

According to the new relaxation, in order to pass, a student has to secure a total of 33% (internal assessment and theory marks combined). Earlier, the board had put in place a mandatory clause of securing 33% in the board exams and another 33% in internal assessment.