Maharashtra announces plans for assessment of Class 10 students

Students appearing for optional common entrance test will be given preference for Class 11 admissions based on their score.

Confirming the cancellation of the State Board examinations for Class 10, Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad announced the State’s plan for the assessment of students on Friday. The government has also announced an optional common entrance test (CET) for Class 11 admissions. According to the State’s assessment plan, each subject will have 100 marks, which will be divided into three categories. “The internal assessment of written assignments of the entire year will have 30 marks. Homework, oral test and practical exam will have 20 marks and subject-wise result of Class 9 will have 50 marks. The final result of Class 10 will be based 50% on the student’s performance in Class 9 and 50% in Class 10,” said Ms. Gaikwad. She said that students who were not satisfied with the results by the above method would have the opportunity to appear in the next two consecutive examinations under the grade improvement scheme as and when the pandemic situation normalised.