SHUBHANGI SHIFA
Ranchi, Jan 10: After the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced that the CBSE Board Exams 2022-23 will start from February 15, 2023, onwards, teachers and students have pointed out the issues and major concerns that the students face this year.
Notably, there will be only one exam based on the full syllabus covered throughout the academic year 2022-23. The current academic session is already shortened due to the delayed schedule of term 2 examinations. Thus, schools and students are worried about how to cover this time loss and complete the full syllabus before the CBSE Board Exams 2022-23.
Rashmi Singh, an English teacher in a leading CBSE school in the city said that there are several major points of concern about the February-March CBSE Board Exams 2023. These include ‘How to cover up learning losses due to schools shut down during COVID-19 outbreak?’, ‘Students lack writing practice due to online classes being conducted in the last two years’, The deleted portion of the syllabus in major subjects has been rolled back, ‘How to cover 100 per cent syllabus till December and conduct pre-boards in January?’ and ‘Would students get enough time for practice and revision?’ among others.
When asked about the board exam schedule and their plans to prepare for the same, she said, “Due to the delayed board exams in 2022, students are already suffering a loss of almost 2-3 months in the current academic session. We are planning extra classes and special study sessions for students to prepare for the usual examination cycle. However, this may somewhere create pressure on students that can affect their results if not handled wisely.”
Notably, students of current batches are dealing with learning losses. Now, when the schools have reopened after a break of two years, students are trying to resume their regular learning habits and taking a recap of what they studied in previous classes.
Students lack writing practice which plays a key role in the offline board exams where they would be required to write an 80 marks paper in 3 hours. Thus, they must prepare strategies to improve their speed and maintain accuracy.
For the last two years, they have been preparing the curtailed syllabus. But, now that most of the deleted parts have been retained and students are required to study and prepare the 100% syllabus for the CBSE Board Exam 2022-23, there will be a huge pressure on students to deal with the changed exam pattern.
“Now, instead of worrying about the changed exam pattern, students need to work on their preparation strategy. They must have the plan to prepare their syllabus and practice it well before the exams. This can be possible only with early preparations,” said Singh.
Some of the important points that students need to consider for CBSE Board Exams 2022-23 are:
· Know the new CBSE Syllabus 2022-2023 thoroughly to understand the course structure.
· Check the prescribed course content and study accordingly.
· There are some topics and chapters that are not a part of the new syllabus. Take note of such topics and avoid preparing them.
· Regular writing practice is necessary to do well in the CBSE One-Time Board Exam 2023.
· Practice CBSE sample papers (released before exams) thoroughly to acquaint yourself with question paper patterns.
· NCERT Books are a boon to students for scoring good marks in CBSE Board Exams. Read them thoroughly.
· Never let the pressure of exams or studying the full curriculum impact your preparations.
