The wait for CBSE Class X Results for Chennai region seems to be over as the CBSE Results website indicates that the results will be announced today.

Class X Results for Other Regions are expected to be announced in the next few days (hopefully all may be released within this week).

TOI Reports that Officials at CBSE admit that announcement of results has been delayed, but do not want to comment over the issue. Off the record they put the blame on introduction of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) this year. “Preparation of results is more tedious than ever before. This may be gauged from the fact that every student’s result is spread across four sheets. Then results for students who have taken the board exams is being prepared simultaneously,” said one of them. Another officer attributed the delay to the All India Engineering Entrance Examination paper leak.

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Proficiency test in place of CBSE Class X Board Exam

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has done away with the class X board exams in schools and come up with a mechanism to enable students judge their level of knowledge in terms of marks. The arrangement is called Proficiency Test System (PTS) and would be available for the class X students who opted for continuous and comprehensive evaluation CCE last year. PTS would not be a compulsion. Only interested students would opt for the same and take the test accordingly in June.

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CBSE CCE good or Bad, Hate it or Like it, Kya ?

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had  introduced grading system and the board has  started continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) system from October, under which students would not only be graded in five subjects but they would also be assessed keeping their holistic development in mind.
CCE, or Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation as the new system is called, is a pet hate word ofmany students in Class IX and Class X. These Students hate CCE for the “shackles” it has put around him – daily studies, endless projects, surprise tests and, what is worse , they can’t talk and joke loudly with friends any more.
Then there are the bright children who are unhappy with the grading system. “Now there is no difference between a student who gets 100 and 91, both get an A1. What’s the use of killing ourselves studying to become top scorers?” feels a  Class 9 student of a public school who has always been topping her class till now.

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