CBSE Boards Class 12 Paper Pattern Changed

February 9, 2015, 4:28 pm


Changes in the pattern of question papers for the Class XII Central Board of Secondary Education exam, and a clear shift away from ’objective-type’ questions to ’application-based’ ones, will make it significantly harder to score this year. The number of questions in subjects such as political science, economics, business studies and accountancy has been reduced; at the same time, the number of "long answer" questions has been increased and two-three markers reduced. And all of this, say teachers, became known when the sample papers came out.

"The number of questions has been reduced from 31 to 27 in political science. Now there are five one-mark and five two-mark questions instead of 10 of each," says Tania Joshi, principal, Indian School. "Children who are below average scored in these. Now there are more analytical questions. The marking will also be more subjective." "We got to know about the changes when the sample papers came in and those came very late this year�in November or December," says Joshi. The increased stress on long-answers will please college teachers�especially of the humanities and social sciences - but Joshi argues that bringing sudden changes also defeats the purpose of CCE (continuous comprehensive evaluation) which was to reduce stress.

The mathematics paper will carry 26 questions instead of 29; business studies, 25 questions instead of 30. More worryingly, there’s "no choice in the six-mark long question". "There’d be a choice in every question before," says Pooja Bahl, head of the commerce department, also at the Indian School, "We got to know when the sample papers were released in December. But the circular saying there won’t be a choice came in January," says Bahl. There is also a clear shift in emphasis from short-answer objective-type questions to the long analytical kind. "About half the questions in the accountancy sample paper tests candidates on their higher order thinking skills (HOTS). They are application-based or interdisciplinary and don’t test the child on just understanding. In business studies, 60% to 70% of the paper is of this level," says Bahl adding, "Some students�already performing well�are enjoying them. But we’re afraid they’ll impact performance of students who take time to assimilate."

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