CBSE Initiates ‘Open Book Exam’ For Class 9 to 12, Students Allowed To Carry Notes

CBSE Initiates Open Book Exam: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is considering to implementing Open Book Examinations (OBE) for students in Classes 9 to 12. According to the Indian Express, this action adheres to the guidelines given in the National Curriculum Framework, which was released last year.

According to the article, a pilot program of open-book exams in a few chosen schools has been proposed by CBSE. English, mathematics, and science for classes 9 and 10, and english, mathematics, and biology for classes 11 and 12.

The trial phase of the open book exam is scheduled to take place in November-December of this year after that CBSE will decide whether to implement this or not. According to the Indian Express article, CBSE has also agreed to have discussions with Delhi University (DU) regarding this.

Are Students Allowed To Carry Notes In An Open Book Exam?

In the past, the student group and academic community received negative comments when the CBSE experimented with an Open Text Based Assessment (OTBA) for the exams of classes 9 and 11 for three years, from 2014–15 to 2016–17.

As per CBSE’s open text-based assessment (OTBA), students will be given text material four months in advance and allowed to bring case studies during the exam. Students are allowed to use their notes or textbooks while answering questions.

This helps students to think critically and move away from rote learning to pass examinations. The purpose of this proposal is to find out how long it will take students to finish examinations.

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