CBSE plans aptitude test after Class X Board exam

The Central Board of School Education CBSE has decided to hold an optional “Proficiency test” for the students of Class X in June 2010, said board chairman Vineet Joshi in Lucknow on Thursday. Joshi was at Millennium School in the city to attend a workshop held for CBSE principals who had come from about 60 schools across the state. The workshop is on the new pattern of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE).

The test, Joshi said, will be voluntary and for those students who clear Class X in March 2011. Soon, a circular will be released to to CBSE schools to collect data on the number of the students who wish to apply for the test.The voluntary test will be based on the new CCE pattern and top institutions of the country like Central Institute of English And Foreign Languages (CIEFL), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education and Central Hindi Institute have been approached for preparing the question papers.

Courtesy: Indianexpress.com