Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Changes to be done by the CBSE Board

Introduction: The CBSE board invited suggestions from students on its website and received a massive response. The board to which 9000 schools are affiliated, are making changes to get students playa vital role in decision making. The board put up a link ‘Interact with the chairman’ 4months back, on its website and got 5000 responses. The students have come up with many suggestions and the board is planning to implement on it. These are a few suggestions from parents and children about which the board is thinking to act upon; few of them are listed below:
· The board is thinking of allowing the use of calculators during accounting exams.
· The CBSE board will soon begin counselling parents about exams, syllabus, and the children.
· Another female student has suggested making the life skills programme more gender specific.
· Another suggestion was to introduce practicals for subjects other than science.
Conclusion: Based on the queries a list of FAQ’s have been prepared and sent to schools, so that they can talk to students about it.