The Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan has announce that the Ministry of Education in consultation with the Secretary of School Education, Chairperson of the CBSE and other officials of the ministry have deliberated over the conduct of CBSE board exams twice in an academic year.
The Union Minister took to social media platform X to announce that the Ministry will soon release a draft representation of what is being planned by the Ministry, CBSE and other stakeholders for public consultation. In his post, he said, “(The Ministry) held detailed deliberations with Secretary School Education, CBSE Chairperson and other officials of the Ministry and CBSE over “Conduct of CBSE examinations twice a year”. The draft schema of these deliberations will be placed soon for public consultation by CBSE.”
The Minister further said that creating a stress-free learning environment for students has been priority of the government, and that improvements and reforms in assessments is a key step towards fulfilling this.
The Union Minister’s post further added that the reform is another crucial step towards implementation of various key provisions of the new National Education Policy (NEP) and will help mitigate exam related stress among students.
Earlier highlighted in the draft guidelines of the NEP, if implemented, CBSE’s twice-a-year board exam scheme will give students the opportunity to take board exams two times in a academic session, starting 2026-27, and allowing them to retain their best score.
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