Class X board exams to become optional from next year

NEW DELHI, Aug  27:

  Starting from the  academic year (2010-11), the Class X board exams will become optional in all CBSE schools. The board  is likely  to make  a formal  announcement to this effect by Friday.

Accoriding to  CBSE sources, on Thursday the  board chairman Vineet Joshi, hold the last presentation and consultation session in Madhya Pradesh on the changes  which are  going to be made.  Later the draft will  be finalized and will be released to the press for  publication.

Irt is reliably learnt  that the  CBSE has drafted  the format of an aptitude exam which schools can use to test Class X students in each subject. The focus is on Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) through the year instead of a main  public exam at the end of Class X.

``CBSE has decided to go strongly on making the Class X board exam optional and implement CCE grading system and other alternatives. The process of review of the present Class X exam system is over,'' Joshi told the media