New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in its latest notice has directed that should have a minimum of 75 per cent attendance to be eligible to appear for the 10th and 12th examinations. In its notice, the CBSE has directed all the schools to calculate the attendance of students who have to appear for class 10 and class 12 board examination this year as on January 1, 2020.
Students whose attendance will be less than 75 per cent would not be allowed to appear in the board examinations, as per CBSE. The board examinations will begin from February 15 and admit cards will only be released once the students who are to appear will possess the attendance, i.e., mandatory.
Speaking to the Times of India, spokesperson of Indore Sahodaya Schools Complex, Reena Khurrana, said, " The board had done an analysis of result of 2019 and it was noticed that those students who had low attendance had performed poorly. To ensure that this doesn't repeat, the board has taken the decision.
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The list of candidates failing to meet the minimum requirement will have to reach regional offices and the final decision will be taken on or before January 7. Only genuine cases will be considered in case of shortage of attendance and the supporting documents are to be submitted for the same.
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As per the circular, no case will be considered after the above deadline and all standard procedures for calculation of attendance will be followed.
New methods are set to kick in the upcoming CBSE board exams this year, including two-level maths to a lesser number of questions. The question paper will include 33 per cent options and there will more questions on higher-order thinking skills in comparison to questions based on rote memorisation. The theory exam will be of 80 marks while there will be 20 marks of internal assessment.