The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced an extension of the deadline for conducting practical exams for Class 10 and Class 12 today. Schools now have until March 31 to upload the marks for practical exams, project works, and internal assessments for the academic session of 2023-24
The Board asserted that the decision to extend the timeline was made in response to numerous requests from schools.
According to a notice dated March 7, the CBSE stated, “It has come to notice that some schools have not yet completed the activities (practical exams, projects, internal assessment, internal grade 2024) within the stipulated time frame, despite repeated reminders for the same, and are now requesting the Board to provide the facility for uploading marks for practical exams, projects, internal assessment, internal grade 2024.”
The notice also stated, “Keeping in view the requests received from the schools… it has been decided that these schools will be given one last opportunity for the conduct of practical exams, projects, internal assessment, internal grade 2024, and uploading of marks thereof on the portal, latest by March 31, 2024.”
This year, the board also provided a list of subjects along with their marks distribution to assist schools in smoothly conducting the practical exams for Class 10 and Class 12. The CBSE also announced that each subject would be allocated a maximum of 100 marks, with marks distributed among theory, practical, project, and internal assessment components.
This year, the theory board exams for classes 10 and 12 commenced on February 15 and are currently ongoing.
For the first time, in 2024, CBSE will not assign any overall division, distinction, or aggregate to students appearing for the Class 10 and Class 12 exams. The board will neither calculate nor declare the percentage of marks.