CBSE to Revamp Class 10th-12th Exam Pattern 2025 | India

CBSE to Revamp Class 10th-12th Exam Pattern 2025: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have proposed to reform in the paper patterns of the Class X and XII exams by 2020 which is part of an improvement that also includes holding vocational subject tests earlier (in February) and early declaration of results. The Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar had expressed his concern to rid the education system of rote learning. Officials said the new exam pattern would give more emphasis on analytical abilities rather than rote learning.

CBSE will revamp the Class 10th and 12th exam pattern for 2025, emphasizing competency-based questions in line with NEP 2020. Class 10 exams will have 50% competency-based, 20% objective, and 30% short/long-answer questions, while Class 12 will have 40% competency-based questions. These changes aim to focus on conceptual understanding and real-life problem-solving skills. For updates, visit cbse.gov.in.

Check here CBSE 12th Time Table 2025: CBSE XII Class Date Sheet @ www.cbse.nic.in

Class 10th-12th Exam Pattern  Latest Updates

• The examinations for the session 2025 will be conducted in the written mode.
• Check CBSE Class 10th Syllabus 2025: Download Revised Pdf Here
• Check CBSE Class 12th Syllabus 2025: Download Revised Syllabus Pdf Here

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is set to revamp the Class 10th and 12th exam pattern for 2025, aiming to align assessments with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Here’s what to expect:

Key Changes:

1. Increased Focus on Competency-Based Questions:
   • More weightage will be given to application-based and critical-thinking questions.
   • Objective and case-based questions will replace rote-learning assessments.
2. Revised Weightage:
   • Class 10:
     • Competency-based questions: 50%
     • Objective-type questions: 20%
     • Short and long-answer questions: 30%
   • Class 12:
     • Competency-based questions: 40%
     • Objective-type questions: 20%
     • Short and long-answer questions: 40%
3. Integration of NEP 2020 Guidelines:
   • Exams will focus on measuring students’ conceptual understanding rather than memorization.
   • Emphasis on real-life problem-solving skills.
4. Implementation Timeline:
   • These changes will be effective for the 2024-2025 academic session.

Student Preparation Tips:

• Focus on understanding concepts and practicing application-based problems.
• Solve CBSE’s sample papers and previous year’s competency-based questions.
• Participate in mock exams that reflect the updated pattern.

For further updates, students and teachers can visit the official CBSE website: cbse.gov.in.

CBSE Exam 2025: Check latest changes in paper pattern, new marking scheme

The Central board has reduced the class 10th and 12th syllabus by 30 percent due to which at least 4-5 chapters have been reduced in every subject.

Key Details:

• Focus: Conceptual understanding and real-life problem-solving skills.
• Implementation: Effective for the 2024-2025 academic session.
• Source: cbse.gov.in.

• About 50 per cent of questions in class 12 English sample question paper were multiple-choice questions.
• No Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ) in class 12 Biology paper 2025 have most likely been replaced by Assertion and Reason based questions.
• In CBSE Class 12 Physics Question Paper 2025, students will find Assertion & Reason and Case-Study based questions in CBSE Class 12 Physics Question Paper 2025.
• In Class 12 Economics question paper 2025, around 20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Assertion and Reason based questions are expected .

Download Sample Papers Here: CBSE Updates: Sample Question Paper Marking Scheme

CBSE Important Dates

The High Court, New Delhi directed the CBSE and Delhi University to ensure the dates while determining Cutoff Dates for Admission.

Passing Criteria for Class X Students from 2020 Batch

The CBSE released a notification about “Passing Criteria for CBSE Class 10th Students from 2020 Batch“. The Notification clears the doubt about passing criteria of CBSE 10th class students appearing in 2020 onwards. Read official notification below.

• The Passing Criteria will be same as 2019.
• Candidates appearing for class 10th examination in 2020 onwards will have to secure overall 33% (per cent) (both taken together “Board Exam and Internal Practical Assessment” in the subjects to be eligible to pass that subject.

CBSE Class 10th students will have to Pass separately in Board and Internal (Practical Marks) Assessment (Denied by CBSE)

As per Hindustan times reports, the candidates appearing in the Class 10th board examination, conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE), in 2020 may have to secure 33 per cent passing marks separately in theory and internal assessments. In other words, Candidates will have to secure minimum marks in both internal & board examination (read the notification above).

CBSE Notification Regarding Changes in Question Paper For English Core – Class XII

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has published a notification regarding the changes in question paper for class 12th English core. As a result of the feedback received from the various stakeholders and subsequent meetings of CBSE Board Committee of Courses and the subject experts, the below mention changes have been made in Class-XII from session 2018-19 for the English core “Section-A-Reading” of the Question Paper.

CBSE English Core “Section-A-Reading”:

CBSE to Revamp Class 10th-12th Exam Pattern by 2025

Students will get more questions from the nature of problem-solving. There will be more short questions (between 1 and 5 marks). There will be MCQ type questions & case study bases questions. observed that weightage for MCQs has been increased by 10%. A  senior HRD ministry official said that  CBSE was stressing on evaluating critical thinking abilities of students and test actual learning outcomes rather than letting students score high marks by virtue of rote.

The board is also seeking at completing all exams in March itself to give more time for evaluation and to declare the results earlier.

For that, according to MHRD sources, CBSE is likely to organize the board exams in two parts — vocational and non-vocational subjects. The CBSE officials said that the exams for vocational subjects could be conducted in February so that exams for other subjects can be completed in around days in the month of March.

CBSE to change bylaws for Affiliation

CBSE is also seeking to change its regulations that will impact the rules of affiliation for schools. The proposed regulations will lay more emphasis on the academic quality of schools, such as the quality of teachers, learning outcomes and pedagogy. The board will not organize an inspection of the school’s physical infrastructure, for which it will depend on reports of the directorates of education/school education departments of respective states which give recognition to schools.

The board official said that State governments and other agencies conduct inspections during the process of granting recognition to schools. To repeat the same would be a waste of time and resources

Among other changes, the Board is reported to have submitted new regulation in which it is stressing to simplify affiliation processes. A leading newspaper of country reported that the board focus on the academic quality of schools seeking affiliation.

The process of new regulations will take about four months, but by the sample papers which will be uploaded on the CBSE website for the year 2020 will reflect the changes.