This was last year for the dual board- and school-based examprocess after the continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) scheme came into being in 2009 and evaluation became the responsibility of schools. The first dual exam was held in 2011. The Class X examwill revert to an exclusively board-based system from next year.
This year's pass percentage was almost the same at 89.04% as during the pre-CCE days of 2010.
While the overall number of students scoring a CGPA of 10 crossed two lakh, 25,000 more students sitting for the board exams hit the grade than those appearing for school exams, proving wrong the claims that it is easier to get high marks in the school system than in board-based exams.
Raj Aloni, principal of Ramsheth Thakur Public School, Kharghar, said, "This is the last year of continuous evaluation. Next year on, students will be assessed on the entire curriculum at the end of the year. We will have to wait and see how students perform next year."
Another principal said the new rules might make it tougher for students to score high marks.
In March 2017, the CBSE junked the CCE scheme for classes VI to IX, replacing it from the coming academic year (2017-18) with a new format — "uniform system of assessment, examination and report card"—that aims at standardizing teaching and evaluation across schools.
All students will be under a uniform assessment process from Class VI and schools will have to adhere to CBSE's template—from examinations to report cards— which will now bear the logo of the board.
