CBSE class IX, X home exam from March 11 and 16

The authorities of CBSE Board schools have announced the schedule for class IX and X home examinations which will start from March 11 and 16 respectively. The 'problem solving exam'(PSA) for class IX and XI will be held on February 16.

The home examinations of class IX will start from March 11. The examinations of class X will start from March 16 and continue till March 31.

"Maths exam of class IX will be held on March 11 while the exams of Hindi, science and English will be held on March 13, 16 and 18. The exam of social science will be held on March 20," said Rita Saxena, principal, Maharana Pratap Education Centre.

The examinations of class X will start from March 15 with social science paper. English and mathematics examination of class X will be held on March 19 and 23. Hindi will be held on March 25. The examination of science will be on March 30. In case if any exam is dropped, it will be held on April 1.

Addressing the CBSE schools district level meet, Bhaskar Ghanti, district coordinator, said that the authorities with an effort to increase transparency and provide a secure question paper delivery environment to schools, it was decided to implement an online exam management system from the current year. The integrated test management system (ITMS) will help schools generate unique question papers online instantly.

Since ITMS works on a web interface, schools will have to register themselves online from February 1 to15. Then, from March 11 onwards the schools can start generating question papers online.

He added that ITMS will provide each school with two sets of unique question papers for all major subject. With these question paper sets ready, schools will have three options. First, they can choose any one of the sets and administer the SA-II. Second, they can mix and match questions from those two sets and create a new paper. The final option is for schools to prepare their own question paper adhering to the weightage pattern given by CBSE.