IISR/CD/Cir(09)/10                                3rd  October, 2010.

CIRCULAR

Dear Parents,

CBSE has initiated series of measures related to strengthening of school education and aligning the assessment practices with international standards. One such measure relates to conduct of Proficiency Test at the end of Class-X in all the five main subjects from next year.

•  Proficiency Test for Class X, By CBSE

The general features of the tests are :

•  It will be optional in nature. Only those students who wish to take this test willingly may appear.

•  There will be separate test in each of the five main subject viz., English, Hindi, Social Science, Mathematics and Science.

•  A student may appear in one or more subject(s) according to his/her choice. One test will be held on a single day.

•  It will be a paper-pen test to be administered on the same day across all willing schools in the country.

•  The proposed test is likely to be conducted in the month of May/June next year (2011).

•  Students wishing to appear in the test will have to pay separate examination fee for the same.

•  Any student studying in Secondary or Senior Secondary School affiliated to CBSE and has appeared in Class X final examination (School conducted or Board conducted) is eligible for this test.

•  Students appearing in the test will be issued a joint certificate by CBSE and the collaborating agency indicating percentile rank.

The design of the Question paper will be :

•  The duration of the test in every subject will be 21/2 hours.

•  Question paper in every subject will carry 100 marks.

•  All questions will be of multiple choice type with only single correct answer.

•  The test will be based on classes IX-X syllabus in the subject prescribed by CBSE.

•  The typology of questions will be different from the type of questions asked in conventional final examination conducted by the Board at the end of Class – X. The test will not include any direct recall, information-based or memory-based questions. It will only include questions to assess students' skills and abilities to apply understanding of concepts to analyse a given situation or an unfamiliar everyday life problem.

•  The total number of questions may vary from one subject to another.

•  The questions included in the question paper will be of varying difficulty level.

•  Negative marks will be awarded for wrong answers.

•  CBSE STUDENTS GLOBAL APTITUDE INDEX (SGAI)

•  The CBSE SGAI is meant for students of secondary classes. This coincides with the onset of adolescence and beginning of career concepts (although not in the concrete form). It is therefore crucial to give a road map to the child, which is realistic and favourable.

•  CBSE SGAI is a battery of tests, designed for students pursuing class X in CBSE affiliated schools. It is simple paper and pencil test, which requires approximately 2 – 21/2 hours.

•  Unlike the conventional Aptitude Tests, which indicate professional orientations the CBSE SGAI will indicate subject orientationsat +2 level.

The first ever CBSE Students Global Aptitude Test will be held for Class X students, tentatively on 15 th January, 2011. Students are requested to submit their names to the concerned class teachers on or before 9 th October, 2010 as registration with CBSE has to be done by 12 th October, 2010.

For further information, please click on to CBSE website, www.cbse.nic.in under CCE corner.

M.J. SIDDIQUI
Principal & HOI