Board Exams To Be Conducted Twice A Year: MOE’s New Curriculum Framework

The Board exams will now be conducted twice a year, according to the Ministry of Education.

Choice of subjects in classes 11,12 will not be restricted to streams, according to NCF.

Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan released the National Curriculum Framework for School Education in Delhi today, August 23, 2023. As part of its updated curriculum framework, the Ministry of Education has announced that board exams will now occur biannually, offering students the opportunity to sit for exams twice within a year. Notably, students will have the advantage of retaining their highest score among the attempts, as reported by news agency PTI.

The new curriculum framework includes the following features:

• Board examinations will be conducted twice a year, providing students with two opportunities each year and the option to retain their highest score.
• Choice of subjects in classes 11,12 will not be restricted to streams, students to get the flexibility to choose.
• Class 11, 12 students need to study two languages and at least one language must be Indian.
• Board exams will assess understanding and achievement of competencies over months of coaching and memorisation.
• The curriculum framework, aligned with the National Education Policy, is prepared for the introduction of new textbooks for the 2024 academic session.

On the Joint Workshop of National Curriculum Framework Oversight And NSTC Committee, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says, "Under the guidance of Kasturirangan, the steering committee has prepared the curriculum for the new National Education Policy. They submitted to the government. The government gave it to the NCERT. NCERT has made two committees, National Oversight Committee and National Syllabus and Textbook Committee (NSTC). We expect both these committees to prepare a syllabus according to the requirements of the 21st century and based on original Indian thinking.”

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“We want them to prepare futuristic teaching and learning material for class 3 to 12. The first orientation meeting took place today. We are confident that at a time when the world is expecting a lot from India, when the PM has shown the dream of Amrut Kal to the nation, at such times, the new textbooks will fulfil those requirements," Education Minister added.