Conduct of Class-IX March 2010 Examination under Summative assessment-II

You are aware that the Central Board of Secondary Education has introduced

Examination Reforms and Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation in its affiliated

schools from this academic year. The detailed scheme has already been intimated to all

Heads of schools vide our Circular Nos. 39,40,42,50,51,52,54,61,62 and 63 (2009).

2. The scheme is in operation in all CBSE affiliated schools in Class IX w.e.f. Oct.

2009 i.e. the second term. Under this two Formative Assessments and one Summative

Assessment is to be done. The schools have done / are already doing Formative

Assessments during the second term, and Summative Assessment for this term is to be

conducted now.

3. Under this end term Summative Assessment-II, the students will be tested

internally

based on the following criteria:-

a) Syllabus and Examination Question Paper Design in different subjects for Class

IX Summative Assessment II will be the same as circulated by the Board earlier.

The same is also available on CBSE website

www.cbse.nic.in under CCE corner.

b) The Summative assessment will be in the form of a pen-paper test conducted by

the schools themselves.

c) In order to ensure standardization and to ensure uniformity, the Question Paper

Banks in different subjects are being sent by the Board to schools in February

2010.

d) In order to cater to the difference in the pace at which students respond to

questions,

schools will give flexible timing to students for attempting the

question papers. This may vary from 3 to 3½ hours.

e) Evaluation of answer scripts will be done by the school teachers themselves on

the basis of the Marking Scheme provided by the Board.

f) There will be random verification of the assessment procedures carried out by

schools by the Board officials/nominees appointed by the Board.

4. It has been decided to provide question paper banks for English Communicative,

English Language & Literature, Hindi-A, Hindi-B, Mathematics, Science, Social Science,

Communicative Sanskrit. In respect of other subjects/languages, the schools will

administer their own question paper based on the sample question paper available on

the CBSE’s website, and intimated earlier.

In view of the above, the Board will be sending eight CDs. Each CD will contain

a number of question papers and one of the question papers is allotted to your school.

For this purpose, the Board would supply a password either through SMS or E-mail or

telephonically. We plan to dispatch the CDs containing question papers to all schools so

as to reach by

20th February and immediately afterwards the password would be made

available to the school.

Every school may design its own date sheet for Class-IX

examination accordingly.

Detailed modalities for operation of CDs are annexed.

5. The schools would take out the print of the allotted question paper after receiving

the password in each subject. Thereafter, the required number of prints/copies, may be

made at the school level. These question papers must be kept carefully. The schools

should conduct the examination in all subjects for Class IX using these question papers

between last week of February to last week of March 2010.

6. The marking scheme is being sent to every school separately and will

reach the schools well in time.

7. The answer books should be evaluated by the teachers of your school as per the

marking scheme containing value points for each question in every question paper.

8. KINDLY NOTE THAT ANSWER BOOKS OF CLASS – IX SHOULD NOT BE

SENT TO THE BOARD UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

9. It may be noted again that the question papers for Class-IX have been designed

by the Board and are being sent to schools with the purpose of maintaining uniformity

and standardization. Depending upon the feedback and suggestions from the

stakeholders, the Board will have a re-look at this policy in future, if need be.