Cancel CBSE Class 10, 12 term 2 or hold MCQ based exam, students demand amid rising Covid-19 cases

NEW DELHI: Amid the COVID 4th wave fear, students have been demanding the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to either cancel CBSE Class 10, 12 term 2 exams 2022 or hold multiple-choice questions (MCQ) based exams like CBSE term 1 exams. The board had earlier announced to conduct a 90 minute MCQ based exam in case the situation is not conducive for the normal descriptive exam.

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The CBSE board had divided Class 10, 12 academic sessions into two terms and announced to hold exams at the end of each term. The board in 2020 declared the results based on alternative assessment criteria due to the country-wise lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

While announcing the major change in the CBSE Board exam pattern, it had said, “In case the situation is not conducive for the normal descriptive exam, a 90 minute MCQ based exam will be conducted at the end of Term 2 also.”

The board has also released the CBSE admit card 2022 term 2 for Classes 10 and 12. Students can download the CBSE 10th, 12th admit card 2022 on cbse.gov.in.

CBSE Class 10, 12 Term 2 exam 2022

Now that several states have been again reporting Covid-19 cases, students and parents have taken to Twitter to request the board to hold MCQ based exam format. They have also been demanding clarity on the CBSE term 1 and term 2 weightage.

A student wrote on Twitter, “#CBSE has said if covid cases increase then there shall be MCQ now that cases are increasingits high time to make term 2 internal Assesment or MCQ only like term 1.”

#CBSE has said if covid cases increase then there shall be MCQ now that cases are increasingits high time to make term 2 internal Assesment or MCQ only like term 1. pic.twitter.com/TtP5pZK0hF

— random (@random41944271) April 16, 2022

“Please help for CBSE as covid is coming again and if we can demand for MCQ mode for Term 2 or Cancel or Make internal assessment so it would be better as days are going please help mam we can make a space for the discussion of CBSE matter as covid has came back,” another student said.

@savi_ddn mam please help for CBSE as covid is coming again and if we can demand for MCQ mode for Term 2 or Cancel or Make internal assessment so it would be better as days are going please help mam we can make a space for the discussion of CBSE matter as covid has came back

— Akshay Patel (@lavainthe12) April 12, 2022

A section of students have also requested the board to make CBSE term 2 exams 2022 optional. “I request CBSE and CISCE to make term 2 optional i.e who are not satisfied with their first semester will answer term 2 and the best will be selected. and the people who are satisfied can choose not to answer term 2,” a student said.

@cbseindia29 I request CBSE and CISCE to make term 2 optional i.e who are not satisfied with their first semester will answer term 2 and the best will be selected. and the people who are satisfied can choose not to answer term 2. 1/3 #cancelboardexams2022

— Meghna (@Meghna094) April 15, 2022

While some students have demanded to conduct exams at home centre. “Most humbly and respectfully I beg to say that I am a candidate of CBSE class 10 Term 2 board exam for the session 2021-22. I want to say that please schedule home center for us in Term 2 exam as same as Term 1 exam,” a Class 10 student said.

@cbseindia29

Respected Examination Controller
CBSE

Sir,

Most humbly and respectfully I beg to say that I am a candidate of CBSE class 10 Term 2 board exam for the session 2021-22. I want to say that please schedule home center for us in Term 2 exam as same as Term 1 exam.

— VĪSHÃL KÜMÅR (@vishal845305) April 17, 2022

The request for cancelling CBSE term 2 exams is also on demand as students, parents and teachers are apprehensive about the COVID 4th wave.

#cancelboardexams2022
I cbse wants to conduct term 2 then make it a mcq examination or cancel , because in those 2 yrs with online schedule we have lost the ability to form or explain the answers on our own because of the mcq pattern .. its a request to cbse pls

— Anirudh Dawn (@anirudh_dawn) April 13, 2022