CBSE – Conduct of Practical Examination / Project Assessment/Internal Assessment for Classes 10th and 12th, for Winter Bound Schools for session 2022-23
CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
(An Autonomous Organisation under the Ministry of Education, Govt, of India)
COORD/ Winter Bound/ Practical/ 2022-23
21.10.2022
To
The Principals / Heads of Schools, (Winter Bound Session)
Affiliated to CBSE,
(Through CBSE Website)
Subject: Conduct of Practical Examination/ Project Assessment/ Internal
Assessment for Classes X and XII, for Winter Bound Schools for session 2022-23 – regarding
As per provisions of Examination Bye-Laws/Scheme of Studies of the Board, the Practical Examinations/Project/internal Assessment for the session 2022-23 are scheduled from 1st January 2023 for all affiliated schools in India and abroad. However, the schools situated in the winter bound areas are expected to remain closed during the month of January due to the winter season.
Accordingly, the Practical Examinations / Project / internal Assessment for the session 2022-23 for both classes X and XII for winter-bound schools are to be conducted from 15th November 2022 to 14th December 2022. Please find attached herewith the SOPs and Guidelines for the conduct of Practical Examinations/Project/internal Assessments in winter-bound schools.
All the schools following the winter bound session are, therefore, requested to take the following action to ensure the timely completion of practical examinations in respect of their schools:
(1) Prepare the final list of candidates and ensure that no student of the school whose name has not been submitted in the online LOC to the Board is allowed to sit for these practical examinations /project / Internal Assessment.
(2) Contact the Regional Office for appointment of external examiners and observers.
(3) Ensure timely completion of Examinations and dispatch of answer books and award lists to the regional offices.
These dates and instructions are only for winter bound schools and are not applicable for regular session schools for which the circular will be issued separately.
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(Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj)
Controller of Examinations
Click Here to Download : SOPs and Guidelines for the conduct of Practical Examinations / Project / Internal Assessment in winter bound schools
| SOPs AND GUIDELINES FOR WINTER BOUND SCHOOLS CONDUCTING PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS / PROJECT / INTERNAL ASSESSMENT (CLASSES X & XII) | |
| COMMON INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLASSES X AND XII | |
| 1. | GENERAL The Practical Examinations/Project/Internal Assessment shall be conducted strictly in accordance with the details and guidelines given on the Board’s academic website. https://cbseacademic.nic.in >> Curriculum The schools may check and acquaint themselves and the examiners with the maximum marks for each subject from the Curriculum Document. |
| 2. | DATES FOR CONDUCT FOR WINTER-BOUND SCHOOLS The Practical Examinations / Project / Internal Assessments for winter-bound schools shall normally be conducted from 15th November to 14th December every year. |
| 3. | DATES FOR UPLOADING OF MARKS The marks in respect of all Practical Examinations / Project / Internal Assessments shall be uploaded simultaneously from the date of the start of the practical examinations. The uploading of marks shall be completed by last date of respective class. No extension of the dates shall be considered by the Board. |
| 4. | CONDUCT OF EXAMINATION / ASSESSMENT IN SESSIONS To ensure fair and just assessment, Practical Examinations/Project Assessments should invariably be conducted in two or three sessions in a day if the number of students is more than 20. In the case of Fine Arts, examination / assessment shall invariably be conducted in two sessions in respect of each student. |
| 5. | ENSURING ERROR FREE UPLOADING While uploading the marks, School, the Internal Examiner and the External Examiner (as the case may be) shall ensure that correct marks are uploaded as no correction in the marks will be allowed once marks are uploaded. Schools and Examiners shall, while awarding / uploading marks, also keep in mind maximum marks allotted for Practical / Project / Internal Assessment as per guidelines issued by the CBSE. |
| 6. | COVID PROTOCOLS AND OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES The schools conducting Practical Examinations / Project / Internal Assessments shall ensure that all instructions of the Central / State Governments, Local Bodies, and other Statutory Organizations related to the COVID pandemic are observed to the full extent. To avoid crowding and social distancing, the schools may consider splitting the group / batch of students into sub-groups of 10 students each. The first group of 10 students may attend the lab work while the other may do pen & paperwork and vice- versa. |
| 7. | UNFAIR MEANS Students found guilty of communicating or attempting to communicate with Examiners with the objective of influencing them in any way whatsoever will be deemed to have used / attempt unfair means. Examiners are required to report at once this office about such cases along with complete facts / papers / witnesses. |
| 8. | BOARD’S RIGHTS TO CANCEL THE PRACTICAL EXAMINATION Schools should adhere to the schedule and upload the marks correctly as no change in schedule and marks once uploaded will be allowed. In case, it is observed that directions of the Board have not been complied with by the schools, the Board reserve its right to cancel the Practical examination. |
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLASS-X | |
| 9. | REGULAR STUDENTS OF WINTER-BOUND SCHOOLS The Practical Examinations / Project / Internal Assessments shall be conducted by the schools themselves for regular students only as per the curriculum of the subject concerned. |
| 10. | APPOINTMENT OF EXTERNAL EXAMINER No external examiner will be appointed by the Board for class X. |
| 11. | AWARD LISTS The marks shall be awarded by the examiners and uploaded on the link provided by the Board immediately after the conduct of each day’s Practical examination / Project assessment / Internal Assessment. There is no need to send the award lists of Class-X to the concerned Regional Office. |
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS CLASS-XII | |
| 12. | REGULAR STUDENTS OF WINTER-BOUND SCHOOLS For the regular students sponsored through L.O.C of Class XII, based on the eligibility / bonafide status of the student(s), Practical Examinations / Project / Internal Assessments shall be conducted in the school. |
| 13. | APPOINTMENT OF EXTERNAL EXAMINERS BY THE BOARD. The Board will appoint External Examiners in each school for conducting Practical Examinations and Project Assessments. The school authorities are not authorised to make alternate arrangements for the conduct of practical examination / project assessment at the local level. The practical examination can only be conducted by an examiner appointed by the Board. All matters of any delay in the conduct of practical examination due to non-availability / refusal / non-reporting etc. shall be reported to Regional Office concerned immediately for further necessary directions from the Regional Office for the appointment of a new examiner. |
| 14. | APPOINTMENT OF OBSERVERS BY THE BOARD. The Board may appoint Observer(s) in the schools to oversee the conduct of Practical Examinations and Project Assessments and ensure fair conduct of examinations / assessments. The schools shall get in touch with the concerned Regional Office for obtaining the list of Observer(s). |
| 15. | ENSURING THE PRESENCE / AVAILABILITY OF EXTERNAL EXAMINERS The school shall ensure the presence / availability of External Examiners and Observers on all days of the conduct of Practical Examinations / Project Assessments strictly as per the provision of appointment of an external examiner by the Board. |
| 16. | APPOINTMENT OF INTERNAL EXAMINER There will be an External Examiner as well as an Internal Examiner, as per the policy for Practical Examinations / Project Assessments. The school shall appoint an Internal Examiner of adequate experience and expertise in all such subjects. An order shall be issued by the School Principal for the appointment of an Internal Examiner with complete details of the examiner and his duties and responsibilities. |
| 17. | INSPECTION OF LABORATORY AND EQUIPMENT BY EXTERNAL EXAMINER The principal / Head of the School is required to get the laboratory ready for the Practical examinations. The External Examiners shall visit the laboratory of the school at least one day prior to the day of conduct of practical examination / assessment to ensure the availability of proper and adequate Apparatus / Equipment / Chemicals /other required material and all other arrangements etc. In case of any shortcoming, the same should be brought to the personal notice of the Principal / Head of the School who shall be responsible for making arrangements and making up for the shortcomings reported. |
| 18. | UPLOADING OF PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGH APP-LINK The schools are required to upload the photographs of conduct of examination / assessment. For this purpose, an App-link will be provided to the schools for uploading 01 group photograph of each batch during the practical examination. Group Photo should consist of all the candidates of that batch, External examiner, Internal examiner and Observer. All faces should be clearly visible in the photograph. The photograph shall be taken in the laboratory where practical examinations will be conducted and laboratory should be clearly seen in the photograph. The software will ensure that photographs uploaded are geotagged and time tagged; some other information such as batch number, total batches, date and time etc will also be required to be uploaded on the app/link. |
| 19. | ATTENDANCE SHEETS Attendance Sheets of the students appearing in the practical examination must be carefully filled in the proforma which will be provided to each school by the concerned Regional Office. |
| 22. | OTHER MATERIAL The format of the following material/documents will be provided in the link of school log-in for download and for handing over to the concerned External examiner on his/ her arrival: Manual Award List for use of any left out subject exam. Sample Envelope for sending Award List by External Examiners. |
| 23. | ANSWER BOOK FOR PRACTICAL It shall be ensured that the practical answer book supplied by the Regional Offices is used in practical examination. It is to be ensured that the examiner completes all entries in practical answer books carefully and correctly. |
| 24. | RELIEVING OF TEACHERS FOR DUTY Apart from conducting the Practical Examination / Project Assessments of the students, every school shall also ensure relieving of their PGTs deputed by the Board for the conduct of Practical Examination / Project Assessments in other schools to ensure that the whole process of practical examination is completed within the stipulated time. Non-relieving of the teachers appointed as examiners will be viewed seriously and shall attract invocation of penalty provisions against the erring schools as per Affiliation and Examination Bye-Laws. |