NEW DELHI: Due to the difficulty level of the CBSE Board physics exam held for class 12th, students who appeared for the exam got dejected and have started an online petition demanding lenient evaluation.
The petition was begun by Aiden P. who also appeared for the physics exam on March 2, 2020. Within a week, it was recognized by more than 130,000 people.
On March 7, the media reported that a Class 12 student of a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Uttar Pradesh, had committed suicide and left a note stating He was “depressed after physics exam.”
The petition expresses disappointment with the “difficult” and “tricky” question papers and asks CBSE officials to be liberal with marks. After the exam, several experts also pointed out that compared with last year’s test paper, the exam is more difficult, including “unexpected” problems.
CBSE introduced a new paper pattern this year with multiple-choice questions that are tricky and time-consuming. Many anxious students circulated petitions on social media to express their concerns. Some people even call the paper “JEE level”, referring to the joint entrance exam, which is a very difficult entrance exam for undergraduate engineering courses.
Sign the below link, friends : https://t.co/lHG9UEi8sx@cbseindia29
Dear CBSE,
The teachers in schools are just “rattus” And they don’t have ability to teach what type of questions come in boards.
Improve quality of education rather than changing patterns.— Priyanshu (@Priyans12211514) March 3, 2020
#physics2020 the paper was jee level cbse should understand that not everyone is capable of going to jee
I am a biology student it was very difficult for me also this would effect me future badly❤️— Sathak Bhatia (@BhatiaSathak) March 3, 2020
Many examinees have left comments under the petition. One found the exam “horrible and very tough”; another said it was “full of twisted questions”; still others found it “lengthy”.
The petition also claims that the board called the decision to discontinue the moderation policy as “unfair.” Moderation policy allowed granting of extra marks – or, grace marks – if the exam is too difficult.
“This is not fair as the previous batches had the moderation policy and the succeeding batches will have a reduction in the syllabus. This leaves the present XII students with neither a reduction in the syllabus nor having the moderation policy,” the petition said.
The central government has urged its apex advisory body on curriculum design, the National Council of Education Research and Training, to reduce curriculum materials.
To date, the student petition has received 133,147 signatures. The goal is to achieve 150,000 signatures.
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