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CBSE exam, new format
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LOCALCORRESPONDENT on 02 March, 2008 01:20:00
 
The first day of the Secondary School Examination (Class 10) and Senior School
Examination (Class 12) under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),
passed without any hassle.  Just 15 days before the exams, the board authorities
had announced that for the first time, 20 per cent of the questions will be
based on "high-order thinking skills" as prescribed by the National Curriculum
Framework (NCF), the guiding document for the preparation of NCERT textbooks.
"As the major focus was on measuring the ability of reasoning and justification,
students were quite nervous prior to the exam. But there were counsellors
present at the hall to clarify their queries," a teacher of B.D. Memorial High
School said. Students of both Classes 10 and 12 came out happy after the
examination. "I appeared for my elementary of business paper which was quite
easy. I had read my text books thoroughly rather than preparing a few selective
questions," a Class 10 student, Ansul Mehta, of Kendriya Vidyalay, Fort William
branch said.