CBSE Class 12 practical exams for private students begin today; Board issues guidelines

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the Class 12 practical exams for the private students from today, March 10 and will continue till March 29. The board has issued detailed guidelines as to how the practical exams for Class 12 private students will be administered.

As per the CBSE practical exam guidelines, those students of 2021 and 2022 whose marks of practical subjects are not available due to repeat in practical (RP) or repeat in theory and practical both (RB) or absence will have to appear for the 2023 practical exams.

Also, students of 2020 and before, who have applied for full subjects in private category in their respective practical subjects will have to take the practical exams starting today.

There will be no project assessment or internal assessment for the subjects not having practical components, the board said, adding that the marks of the project assessment or theory assessment will be computed pro-rata, on the basis of marks obtained in theory exam in the 2023 board exams.

The CBSE Class 12 practical exams for the private students will be held in the exam centres fixed for the theory exams.

Students taking the practical exams will have to carry a copy of their previous result or mark sheets and admit cards for the 2023 CBSE board exams.