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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a National Board of Education for schools in India. It is managed and administered by the Union Government of India. CBSE organizes class 10 and 12 board exams in March every year. For the year 2020, CBSE 12th board exam will be conducted during Feb 15 – April 4, 2020 (Tentative). CBSE board has instructed all schools to conduct practical exams/ internal assessments from January 1 to February 7, 2020.

• CBSE is expected to reduce the number of descriptive questions in board exam 2020. 
• More than 13 lac students appeared for the CBSE exam this year.
• CBSE 12th board results will be released on May 2, 2020 (Tentative) in online mode.

Around 20,300 private and public schools including Kendriya Vidayalas, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, and 220 schools in 28 foreign nations are affiliated to CBSE. All the schools affiliated to CBSE have been advised to follow the NCERT curriculum.

Latest changes Introduced by CBSE

1. The board has revised the syllabus, examination pattern and schedule for students appearing in class 12 board exam next year. The major changes introduced are:

• State governments have been vested the power to evaluate the facilities provided by schools under CBSE
• Exams for vocational subjects will be conducted in February.
• Examination for all main subjects will end by March.
• More time will be given to faculty for evaluating exam papers and results are likely to be declared earlier.
• A number of analytical questions, short questions, and numerical will be increased to discourage rote learning.
• Overlapping concepts in Physics and other subjects have been removed.
• Group-15 of P block and Solid-state have been removed from Chemistry syllabus.

1. CBSE has hiked exam application fees from INR 750 to INR 1500 for general category candidates, however, no exam fee is applicable for Delhi students.  

• As per the recent reports, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia has announced that the students of Delhi government and aided schools are not required to pay the board exam fees.  

1. Number of descriptive questions may reduce in CBSE board exam 2020. Below are the details:

•  This year, there will be 33% internal choices in the question paper. 
• 2 marks questions are expected to be more than that of 5 – 8 marks questions. 
• There will be an increase in 1 mark objective type questions. 

CBSE 12th Board Highlights

The promotion criteria for class 12 students is more than 33% overall. Additionally, they have to secure more than 33% in both practical and theoretical exams.

• Students not passing in any one subject have to write compartment for the same in July.
• Students only get 3 chances to clear all the papers.
• Student failing compartment thrice or one who fails in two or more exams have to rewrite all the subjects next year.

CBSE Class 12 Exam Dates

CBSE has released the tentative board exam dates on the official website i.e. cbse.nic.in. The exam is expected to begin from February 15, 2020. Final date sheet is expected to release in November till then candidates can check the tentative schedule given below.

CBSE Class 12 Paper Pattern

The exam pattern for various streams of CBSE 12th is given below:

Exam Pattern For Arts/Humanities Stream

This paper generally consists of theoretical subjects which include psychology, history, geography, and other related subjects

• Paper is divided into 3 to 4 sections and the maximum marks a candidate can score are 100.
• Candidates are provided with 3 hours to complete the test.
• There are MCQ questions in the first section of the paper which are of 1 mark each and short answer type questions which contain 2 marks each.
• There are long answers in the later sections consisting 5 to 6 marks each in the later parts of the questions paper.

Paper Pattern For Commerce Stream

• This stream consists of subjects which are a mix of theory as well as practical/numerical questions.
• Paper is divided into 3 parts comprising of MCQ, short answers and long answers questions mixed with theory and numerical questions.
• 1st part of the question paper is of objective type question with 1 mark for the correct answer.
• There are short answer questions which can be of 2 to 5 marks. These can be theoretical as well as numerical type questions.
• Last part of the question paper is generally based on long answer type question of 6 marks each and can be of long theory question or numerical question.

Paper Pattern For Science Stream (Medical)

• Question paper for this stream is divided into 4- 5 parts.
• There are MCQ type questions, Short answer type questions, and long answer type question as well.
• There is no overall choice for questions however, there are choices provide externally for questions and candidates are given 3 hours to complete the test.
• Part 1 which is MCQ type question comprises of 1 marks each.
• There are 2 types of short answer questions which are 2 and 3 marks.
• Question paper concludes with long answer type question of 5 marks.

Paper Pattern For Science Stream (Non-Medical)

• Question paper is divide into 4 parts.
• Numerical questions are more as compared to theoretical questions.
• There are very short answer, short answer, and long answer questions.
• Part-1 is of very short answer type questions for which the students are given a maximum 1 mark.
• Part 2 and 3 are the short answer for which candidates are given 2 and 3 marks respectively.
• Part 4 is of long answer type question for which the candidates are given 5 marks.

NOTE- There is NO NEGATIVE marking for any question attempted wrong or left un-attempted in any of the streams.

A new type of questions which are known as VALUE BASED QUESTIONS is introduced in every paper which is of 4 marks each.

CBSE Class 12 Important Books

CBSE Class 12 Exam Results

CBSE 12th Result will be declared on May 2 (Tentative) in online mode on the official website i.e. cbse.nic.in. Candidates can check their results by entering their admit card id, school number, center number and board roll number. Follow the undermentioned steps to check their CBSE 12th class results.

• Log onto the official website i.e. cbseresults.nic.in. 
• Click on the link stating “Senior School Examination (Class XII) 2020”.

• You will be redirected to the result portal.
• Enter your Roll number, School number, Center Number and Date of Birth and Click on the Submit Button.

• Results will appear on the screen.
• Download and Save it for future reference.

Class 12 Improvement Exams

Students who are not satisfied with their performance in the CBSE 12th exam can apply for improvement in the respective subjects. The application form for the same can be filled in the month of October and November. The tentative dates for class 12th improvement exam are tabulated below:-

Criteria to Apply for Improvement in Class 12

Candidates who passed the CBSE Board exam in 2018 and 2019 are eligible to apply for the 2020 improvement exam.

• Candidates can choose more than one subject for improvement.
• The application fee will vary according to the number of subjects chosen.
• Candidates can prefer the latest or improvement result after the declaration of CBSE 2020 Improvement result.

Students are advised to go through the eligibility criteria as per CBSE before applying for the improvement exam. If the candidate does not meet the eligibility criteria, his/her exam form will be canceled.

• Candidates are eligible only if they have passed the previous Board Exam they had appeared for.
• Only candidates who want to raise their previously scored marks are allowed to give the improvement exam.
• He/she must have studied from CBSE Board.
• He/she must not have a compartment in any subject.
• He/she can only write improvement exam for the subjects he previously appeared for.
• Improvement exam can be given for subjects out of the five main subjects only.

Online Class 12 Improvement Form Submission Candidates can fill the online form from the month of October. The steps to apply for the same are given below:

• Visit the official website of Central Board of Examination cbse.nic.in
• Click on ‘Apply Online for Improvement exam’.
• Enter Roll number and school name.
• Next, Choose the subjects they want to give the exam in.
• Enter the preferred choice of exam centers.
• Provide the asked personal details.
• Click the submit button and select the mode of payment.
• After successful payment, the application form must be downloaded and printed for future reference.

Class 12th Improvement Result

The result will be declared by the CBSE Board in the month of August. The best score from the Improvement and Board exam will be taken into consideration while making the final scorecard. CBSE releases the class 12th result online in the second week of May. Candidates can check their results on cbseresults.nic.in. CBSE Class 12 (2019) Result Trends 12,05,484 students appeared for the CBSE class 12 examination this year, out of which 10,05,427 passed.

• The pass percentage for boys is 79.4%, while for girls 79.4%. 83.4% of transgender students passed the examination.
• Kendriya Vidyalas are the best performing schools with a pass percentage of 98.54%, followed by Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas with a pass percentage of 96.62% Pass percentage according to school type is given below:

There was an increase of 0.39 % in overall pass percentage this year. Regions having highest-pass percentage are:

Compartment Exam

Compartment exam for class XII will be conducted on June 2, 2020 (Tentative) by CBSE. Students who failed in one subject are eligible to give compartment of that particular subject. Maximum three chances are given to take the compartment exam. The student will be declared pass if he/she scores more than 33% in the compartment examination. 

CBSE 2020 Class 12 Toppers

Hansika Shukla of Ghaziabad and Karishma Arora of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh has topped the exam with 499 marks each followed by Gaurangi Chawla of Nirmal Ashram school Rishikesh, Aishwarya of Bareilly and Bhavya BR, Jind, Haryana with 498 marks each. Top 3 rankers are-