CBSE's aptitude test for Class IX, X students in Nov

12-Sep-2013

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the fourth Students Global Aptitude Index (SGAI) assessment test in November. This is conducted by the CBSE to help Classes IX and X students choose subjects for their senior secondary classes. Its questions will not be from the text books. They will only include psychological questions. The test is optional for students.

Many schools in the city have already notified the students about the aptitude test. According to the CBSE circular, schools can register online for the SGAI test on payment of Rs 100 per student till October 15, 2013. Students can log on to the CBSE website, www.cbse.nic.in, to know the format and details of SGAI assessment test.

The previous editions of SGAI were conducted in January but parents as well as teachers requested the CBSE to advance the test date so that students could receive the results before the Board exams and benefit more from the test.

The CBSE also sends advocacy material in the form of PowerPoint presentations, teacher's manual of activities and posters etc to each school to hold SGAI orientation programmes in schools. Around four lakh students across the world have so far opted for the CBSE-SGAI during the last three years.