CBSE introduces new assessment framework for Classes 6 to 10

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today announced a suggested competency-based assessment framework for classes 6-10 based on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. As per the board, the framework will replace the “existing rote learning model and will focus on assessing students based on their competencies needed to solve day-to-day problems.”

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Union Minister of Education, launched the framework and said the assessment aims to



improve the overall learning outcomes of students mainly covering three subjects — English (reading), Science, and Maths.

For implementing the same, the question papers and assessment modes will be changed in a phased-manner over three to four years. In the first phase selected Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas, UT Chandigarh and private schools across the country will participate in the programme which will be rolled out to all 25,000 CBSE schools in India by 2024, as per CBSE.