CBSE Board Exam 2020: Datesheet to be out in January 2020

According to the sources,Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be released the 10th & 12th Board Exam 2020 Date Sheet in January 2020.

CBSE chairperson Anita Karwal said that “The CBSE class 10, 12 date sheets will be released in the first week of January. The candidates can download the date sheets from the official website- cbse.nic.in.”

This news has refuted claims of several media agencies who were reporting that the datesheet might be released earlier this year, in the month of December 2019. Earlier on, CBSE released the annual activity calendar confirming that the Board exams will be held for vocational / ancillary subjects from February 2020 onwards while exam for main subjects would commence from 2^nd March 2020 onwards.

CBSE date sheet 2020: Practical exams

The CBSE, the national level school education body which conducts secondary and higher secondary certificate exams, has said in a notification regarding the date sheet for practicals that the exams will be held from January 1 to February 7 next year in respective schools. 

The Board also said the theory papers of Skill subjects may commence from February 15 following 2019 practice.

In a circular addressed to the Principals and Head of all schools affiliated to the Board regarding conduct of Practical examinations and Project or Internal Assessments, the CBSE has asked the schools to follow certain measures "to ensure that practical examinations are conducted before examination and in letter and spirit".

"Schools will conduct Practical Examinations and Project assessments from 1st January, 2020 to 7th February, 2020," it said. 

CBSE date sheet 2020: Pass marks criteria

Recently, the Board has released a new circular detailing the Class 10 and Class 12 pass marks criteria. According to the latest circular, for Class 12, for subjects involving practical or project work, in order to pass the examination, students have to obtain atleast 33% marks in theory and 33% marks in Practical or Project or Internal Assessment in addition to 33% marks in aggregate in each subject.

As per pass criteria for Class 10, according to the Board, students have to obtain overall 33% marks in each subject, both Theory and Practical or Internal Assessment taken together, in order to pass the examination.

Practical, Project, Internal Assessment will be done by the schools, the new circular from the Board said.