(a) whether there is no provision for re-evaluation in
CBSE;
(b) if not, the reasons therefor;
(c) whether the Government would like to implement the
above system in the CBSE to provide justice to the students
due to lack of which many students could not pass the
examination or show the better performance resulting in
increase in the incidents of committing suicide; and
(d) if so, the reasons therefor?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (PROF. RITA VERMA)
(a) to (d): As per information furnished by the Central
Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), there is no provision
for re-evaluation of answer book(s) of a candidate in the
Examination Bye-Laws of the Board. However, there is a
provision for verification of marks in any particular
subject. The verification is restricted to checking whether
all the answers have been evaluated and that there has been
no mistake in the totaling of marks for each question in
that subject and that the marks have been transferred
correctly on the title page of the answer book and to the
award list and whether the supplementary answer book(s)
attached with the answer book mentioned by the candidate are
in tact. There is no proposal with the Government for
introducing the system of re-evaluation in CBSE.
The CBSE has informed that the provision of revaluation
of answer book(s) is not necessary due to the following
reasons:
(i) CBSE’s question papers are set with pre-determined
educational objectives in terms of testing of different
abilities such as knowledge, understanding and application,
types of questions (short answer, long answer and essay type
question), weightage assignment to different units of the
syllabus. These parameters reduce the scope of inter-
examiner and intra-examiner variability in evaluation to the
maximum possible extent.
(ii) Preparation of detailed marking scheme which is
provided to the evaluators for marking of answer scripts,
which brings a lot of objectivity and reliability in the
evaluation.
The CBSE is an autonomous organization which takes
appropriate decisions in regard to the conduct of
examinations, evaluation and declaration of results. It
would be simplistic to assume that suicide cases take place
due to the non-availability of the facility of revaluation
of answer books. In fact the cases relating to suicides are
linked to a number of factors including individual
personality, fast changing social dynamics, home
environment, inability of children to cope with the demands
and expectations of family, peer pressure and a situation in
which career opportunities are very limited in relation to
mounting number of aspirants and examinations being a major
determinant of career path.