How Strict Is The CBSE Evaluation Process for class 12th?

Central Board of Secondary Education is one of the most reputed board in our country, known for its great education system. The board has witnessed rapid growth and expansion at the level of Secondary education resulting in continuous improvement in quality and education standards. With its approach to academic activities, CBSE is providing stress-free, child-centered and holistic education along with so many curricular opportunities to millions of students bringing a great chance for them to explore the outer world.

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Generally, students have so many questions regarding the “CBSE evaluation process” in their minds. How strict is the process? Are the marking criteria lenient or very difficult? What should be the strategy to face the evaluation process of CBSE? And many more. So, here all your doubts will be cleared in the best possible way.

How Strict Is Really The CBSE Evaluation Process – Class 12th?

For those who are thinking that the CBSE Evaluation process is strict, here is the true story of mine which will prove you wrong.

I was in my 1st year of graduation, and there was a good friend of mine in 12th science stream named Akash, he still lives in my neighborhood. He was intelligent enough to be the topper of his class.

I have still a memory of that moment when Akash met me after giving his Physics Board exam and said “Yaar Ek 5 number ka question chhooth gaya“. He was a little upset and worried about that particular question and ultimately for his marks.

Months passed and the day of the Board exam result arrived. You would not believe but Akash Scored 99 marks in physics. How was that even possible? Both I and Akash really didn’t get any idea about that. The reason I can think of was the neatness in the exam paper. He was sure with the questions he solved and thus he had no cuttings. I think that has made an impact on the examiner.
But this incident made one thing very clear that there are no strict rules and processes in Evaluation, everything we think about the evaluation process is a myth or mystery, no one exactly knows that how the evaluation process gets done.

The Bad Face Of Evaluation Process Of CBSE Board

The above story must have made you a bit happy as there was a good face of the evaluation process, But wait! there are always two faces of a coin. The evaluation process is not good for everyone, like me, there are a number of victims of this questionable process. It would be really happening if such negligence is avoided by CBSE in coming years as it mocks those who work hard for getting good grades.

I am an M.Sc(chemistry) student now, chemistry is my key subject, and in my 12th class, I used to be the topper in chemistry in every test. During the board exam of chemistry in my class 12th, I attempted all the questions with correct answers and I checked my answer sheet thrice just to ensure that I haven’t left something.

I was 100% sure that I will score 100 out of 100 marks in chemistry. And when the result was declared I secured only 95 marks, I still don’t have any idea, that what happened to those 5 marks?.

So, here is the crystal clear face of the evaluation process of the CBSE Board for the 12th class. I won’t say that this system is a fault, but one thing I must say that, there is no full transparency in the evaluation process, no-one can really estimate his/her marks on the basis of exams given by them.

How the CBSE Evaluation Process Works?

let me make it more clear about the evaluation process by telling you the steps involved in this process.

What really happens with your answer sheet, after you leave the exam? have you ever questioned about this? if yes then follow me.

There are two methods involved in the evaluation process of CBSE.

1. Digital Evaluation
   This is a newly added system for evaluating the answer sheets, in this process a scanned copy of your answer sheet is uploaded to a server and then sent to a particular checker around India.
   The advantage of this process is that there is no need to move your answer sheets from one place to another, it can be simply served to any teacher(Checker) in India.
   Every checker has a unique id, on the basis of which the answer sheets are allotted to them, and then after evaluating the answer sheet the assigned teacher confirms that he/she has checked the answer sheet.
   This process is not everywhere yet, because this process is time-consuming as checking the answer sheet on a computer screen takes a lot more time than manual checking.
2. Manual Evaluation
   This is a traditional method, and you must be aware of a bit of this process. All the answer sheets from different examination centers are collected and sent to their regarded checking centers where the evaluation process takes place.
   Some government teachers and some private teachers are hired for the evaluation process, the answer sheets are then divided among the checkers and then a manual checking process takes place. According to my English teacher, once she told me that a single checker checks 40+ copies in 6 hours.
   Now just think how can it be so perfect when a single teacher is checking 40+ copies in just 6 hours.
   You can now create an idea about the evaluation process, and I am sure about this.

Must Tips To Score Good In Evaluation Process

As I stated above the evaluation system is a myth, imagine yourself as an answer sheet checker. You are checking 40+ copies every 6 hours and doing this process for a month or two.

Obviously, you will get bored at some time, and at that time you won’t notice the silly mistakes done by the students in the answer sheets. What you will notice is only the formatting, presentation, markup, writing, etc. and on the basis of these things, you will decide some of the marks without going through the whole answer written by the student.

This is real, we all are human and we cannot do the same work again and again for a long time. So follow my tips to make sure that you are not going to be a victim of the evaluation process.

1. Even if your answer sheet is crap, make it neat and clean, use great handwriting. Write some stuff related to the question, underline the important terms. Simply, make your answer sheet so neat that anyone who sees it feels great.
2. Make your handwriting clearer to read, do not make the checker confuse over your answers while reading them, keep good gaps between the words so that the checker has to do less work on reading your answer.
3. Remember, the lesser the hard work the checker has to do while evaluating your answer sheet, the more will be the marks you score.

Bonus Tip

If you ever feel like, you are not gonna make some of your exams successfully then you can repeat a question 2 times. But let me tell you how to do this.

This totally depends on your luck, because in the evaluation process there is a caging system, which means after checking your answer to a particular question the marks you obtained on that question is assigned in a table having question numbers with its marks column.

Pick a question on which you are sure the answer is correct, do it at the beginning of your answer sheet. and do the same question at the end of your answer sheet by replacing its number with some other question.

If you will have good luck then hopefully you can get double marks for the same question, only if the checker hasn’t noticed that trick.

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What have you learned?

I have explained to you every detail about the evaluation process of the CBSE board, and have also cleared your doubts about this question.

What we have learned is that the evaluation process is some of your answers written in the answer sheet, and a bit of your luck. So, you do not have to think too much about the evaluation process, just concentrate on your preparations and try to learn making your answer sheets more beautiful.

I guess, this article of mine has helped you, if you still have any doubts and queries about the evaluation process of the CBSE board, then you are free to ask them in the comments below, I will try to come up with the best answer.

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