CBSE to Conduct Open-Book Exam Only For Classes 9 and 11; Pilot Run in Feb-March
News 18The Central Board for Secondary Education has now decided that the Open-Book Examinations will be conducted only for classes 9 and 11 instead of classes 10 and 12, which have board exams. “The open-book exam format will be conducted only for classes 9 and 11 and not for classes 10 and 12 boards exams, which was the case earlier. While the design for the pilot is still being worked out, as to how many schools will it be conducted in, he said, “We are yet to finalise how many schools will be there in the exercise, but it will most likely be more than 20-25 schools.” Previously, the Board during its Governing Body meeting held in December 2023 had decided on OBE for classes 9 to 12. Prior to this, the CBSE had experimented with a similar format —- Open Text-Based Assessment for the year-end exams of classes 9 and 11 from the academic year 2014-15 to 2016-17.