Board Exams To Be Conducted Twice A Year: Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan today announced that the New Curriculum Framework (NCF) as per the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is ready and textbooks will be developed for the 2024 academic session. The Ministry of Education said that now board examinations will be conducted twice a year. Not only this, students will have to study two languages in class 11th and 12th. Not only this, students will be allowed to retain the best marks. Under the new curriculum framework of the education ministry, board exams will assess the level of understanding and proficiency of students against months of coaching and rote learning.
According to ministry officials, according to the New Education Policy (NEP), the new curriculum framework is ready and based on this, textbooks will be prepared for the academic session of 2024.
According to the National Curriculum Framework document at the school level, the selection of subjects in class 11th and 12th will not be limited to Arts, Science, Commerce ‘stream’ but students will get the freedom to choose the subject of their choice.
It states that under the new curriculum framework, board exams will be held twice a year and students will be allowed to retain the best marks.
As per the document, students can appear in that exam for which they feel prepared.
According to this, students of classes 11 and 12 will have to study two languages and at least one of these languages should be Indian.
As per the new curriculum framework, the board exams will assess the level of understanding and efficiency of students against months of coaching and rote learning. Under this, the existing practice of ‘covering’ text books in classes will be avoided and the cost of text books will be brought down.
As per the new curriculum framework, school boards will develop the capacity to offer ‘on demand’ exams in due course.