Central Board of Secondary Education-CBSE
CBSE is the governing body that has maximum number of schools in
India and follow the NCERT
textbooks. CBSE and many state boards are now following the NCERT textbooks
for classes 1 to 12 in their school course curriculum.
Salient
features of the CBSE education system.
Syllabus
The well-structured and cumulative nature of the syllabus addresses
the needs of the present and future
education. The need of revision also leads to nurturing the student’s memory
recall
Normalized
examination and evaluation parameters
The
CBSE has decided to implement the
uniform system of assessment to standardize the evaluation process across the
country. The award of marks has been introduced in place of the earlier grading
system. This is to ensure students have a concrete idea of where they stand.
Under
the new system announced by the Board for class X, the assessment has been
split into two parts: 80 marks for the board examination and 20 marks for
internal assessment, which will be conducted and awarded by the school. The
internal assessment comprises periodic tests (10 marks), notebook submission (5
marks) and subject enrichment activity (5 marks).
Comprehensive
question paper and marking criteria
Question
setting covers the entire syllabus so that the students study the chapters
thoroughly. Inclusion of non-textual questions prompts the students to read
books other than their textbooks. Inferential and evaluative questions test
higher order thinking skills of students.Thus the amount of rote learning is
limited to the bare minimum. CBSE does not award marks for lengthy answers, but
awards marks for answering to the point.
A
spring board for success in competitive entrance exams
One
notable strength of the CBSE syllabus is that it prepares students well to face
entrance exams for professional courses and other competitive exams: IIT-JEE
(Indian Institute of Technology – Joint Entrance Examination), UPSC (Union
Public Service Commission) and NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test)
for medical courses are based on the CBSE syllabus. So, students of the CBSE
board tend to fare better in these exams than students of other boards.
Tool
for reviewing the student’s progress
The
technology based tool called Saransh
enables parents and teachers to review the progress of students and take
appropriate steps and corrective measures to resolve ad rectify many issues of
the students that may need serious attention.
Syllabus features
Subjects
The compulsory subjects
for class 10 are – English, a second language, mathematics, science, social
studies and a vocational subject. For class 12, while English is compulsory, students
have a wide range of optional subjects to choose from.
Languages
Till
class 8, students are expected to take up three languages, one of which is
English. For class 10, CBSE offers a list of 38 languages, which includes
regional, foreign and classical languages, for the second language. These are
elective and vary based on each state. However, the Board is planning to do
away with foreign languages soon. For class 12, a second language does not
feature in the list of compulsory subjects
Books
Maximum
CBSE schools follow NCERT books for all
classes.
Boon
for parents with transferable jobs
CBSE follows a uniform
syllabus throughout the country. So, government employees with transferrable
jobs do not need to worry about hiccups in their children’s education in case
of a transfer.
Tutoring in all subjects from Kindergarten to Class 12
