CBSE to revise moderation policy for 2018 Class 12 board exams (Complete Detail)

After a long debate, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is finally planning to do away with or moderation policy or grace marks from the next academic session.

The board is preparing to do away with a clause in its marking system, moderation policy, which resulted in soaring marks in class 12 results.

Meanwhile, on April 25, CBSE scrapped the moderation policy under which grace marks are given to students in exams for difficult questions. In a reply to plea filed by parents and some students, the Delhi High Court also instructed the board to follow its 'moderation policy'.

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The CBSE examination committee will also be meeting later in this week
In the meeting, the board will consider revising their policy and removing the clause that board has adopted all these years

Here's what a senior board official said:

A senior board official said they want to ensure true marks of students are reflected in the board examination and to maintain the pass party, marks of students are moderated.

This is unfair to those who work hard as moderation is not applicable if a student gets 95 marks or above, he added.

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar view:

While commenting on the grace marks policy, the Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on June 24 said that generous marks distribution of marks will soon stop. "I will stop bad practices in the field of education."

"Students have to work hard to earn marks. It isn't possible that everybody scores 100 out of 100 in all subjects. There should be some restrictions while awarding marks,"Javadekar added.

What is grace marks policy or moderation policy?

It is a common practice adopted to "bring uniformity in the evaluation process"
In simpler terms, marks scored by students are changed to align with the marking standards of different examiners
Under the moderation policy, students are awarded up to 15 per cent extra marks in certain papers if the questions are deemed to be difficult
However, as said there would be a difference in the implementation of the policy as states like Maharashtra, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar do not have any such moderation policy.

On the other, it is seen that Goa, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu uses this policy to improve their overall pass percentage in the state.

Here's what students can expect:

Also, it is expected that there will be a single papers for all students across India, which earlier was followed in three sets of papers.

According to HT, sources have said that this will reduce the need to carry out moderation policy.

Further, the committee is set to meet on June 29 where this issue will be taken up.