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EXAMINATION

Rules for examination and promotion

Tests & examinations

Cumulative examinations

Pre-board examinations

Minimum attendance for session ending examination

Provision for children who are absent in tests/examinations

Promotion rules

Grace marks

Compulsory TC

Scheme of studies and syllabus

Attendance

Punctuality and regularity

subject wise performance index

RULES FOR EXAMINATION AND PROMOTION

 Tests & Examinations:

 In each academic year, the Vidyalaya shall hold the following tests and examinations.

A. Unit Tests from class VI onwards:

i) There shall be three unit tests to assess the pupils’ progress throughout the year. The duration of      unit tests will be uniformly 90 minutes each for all subjects.

ii) During the days of the unit tests, the first three periods shall be left for the test. Normal classes will be held from the 4th period onwards after giving a break of 10 minutes. The remaining 6 periods will be held as usual as per the regular time-table with minor change.

iii) Each unit test would be of 40 marks. The total marks for 3  unit tests will, therefore, be 120. In the final result card,  the weightage for unit tests will be arrived at 20 by dividing the total marks by 6.

(For classes III to V Unit Tests will be administered as above. However assessment will be done by awarding grades.)

 B. Cumulative Examinations:

 1)Half yearly Examination:

This will be conducted in the third week of November covering the entire syllabus upto that period. The duration of this examination wilt be 2 hours 30 minutes for classes VI to VIII and 3 hours for classes IX and XI with formal seating arrangement. (The duration for class IX Science will be 2 hours 30 minutes) The question papers of each subject would be of 100 marks (for class IX Science-80marks theory &20 marks practical) which will be reduced to 20 for final assessment.

 2) Session Ending Examination:

i) This shall be conducted in the third week of March.

ii) The entire course prescribed for the year shall be covered in this examination.

iii) The duration of each paper shall not exceed 3 hours for classes IX and XI (The duration for class IX Science will be 2 hours 30 minutes) and 2 hours 30 minutes for classes VI to VIII for each subject.

iv) This shall be supervised by the Region with a common set of question papers. The evaluation shall be done at the cluster level under the supervision of the Education Officer or his representative.

v) The question papers of each subject shall be set for 100 marks which will be reduced to 40 for final assessment.

Papers in subjects involving practical work in classes IX and X shall be set on CBSE pattern .A student will have to pass separately in both theory and practical in class XI as is done in CBSE examinations.

 C. Pre-Board Examinations:

There shall be a minimum of two pre-board examinations for classes X and  XII before the students go in for the actual Board examination. For these pre-board examinations, there shall be common question paper in each subject which shall be prepared by the Regional Office, however , the evaluation of the answer sheets shall be done at the Vidyalaya level.

 D. Minimum Attendance for Session Ending Examination:

A Pupil may not be allowed to appear in the session-ending examination if he/she has not put in a minimum of 75 percent of the total attendance up to the 15th of March of the academic session, including attendance put in a previous school if the student has been admitted on transfer. The Principal shall be competent to condone shortage in attendance up to 15 percent in special circumstances meriting this concession e.g. illness etc. The Assistant Commissioner shall be competent to condone the attendance of a student up to 50% in special circumstances to take the session ending examination. The Commissioner may give relaxation beyond this limit in exceptional cases.

 E. Provision for Children who are absent in Tests/Examinations:

i) A separate test/examination may be conducted for a child who could not appear in the regular test/examination because of medical reasons.

 ii On no other ground shall the absence of a child in appearing for a test or examination be condoned and for such absence, the child will be awarded ‘No Grade for primary and ‘ZERO for other classes in the said examination.

 iii) In an academic year if the occasion for this re-test for a child is more than once, the matter would be reported to the Assistant Commissioner who will check the genuineness of the case. The re-test would, however, be conducted pending directions from the Assistant Commissioner, but the outcome would be withheld pending the decision of the Assistant Commissioner .

 PROMOTION RULES

A) For classes VI to IX and XI

The final assessment of a pupil will be based on his total achievement out of a maximum of 100 marks in each subject distributed as under:

a) Class work & Home work assignments 10      marks

b) Unit Tests                                           20      marks

c) Projects/ Practicals                             10      marks

d) Half Yearly Exam.                               20      marks

e) Session-Ending exam.                         40      marks

                                          Total:          100     marks

 Grades will be awarded to students in non-scholastic subjects like Work Experience, Physical Education, Music, Yoga etc. on the basis of their performance in the particular activity throughout the session. 

B) For Primary Classes: 

i) Promotion from Class I and II shall be decided on the basis of continuous and comprehensive assessment made every month of the work done in the class and assignments given to the children. No unit test, half-yearly examination and session-ending examination would be conducted for them.

 ii) All students of Classes I and II shall be promoted.

 iii) If a child gets ‘E’ grade in 3 subjects or more in class III onwards, he/she can be detained in the same class with the consent of the parent. 

iv) In case the parent does not give consent, the student will be promoted to the next class. However, if the student again gets ‘E grade in 3 subjects or more in the next class, the Principal shall detain the child in the same class.

 v) The child who gets E grade in any 2 subjects in class V will be given an opportunity to improve upon it and if he gets ‘D’ even in one subject, he will be promoted to class VI. 

vi) Promotion from class I up to class V may be made on the basis of the total performance in periodical and mid-session tests/or informal final test. It is expected that stagnation through failures will be nil or absolutely minimized in these classes. The assessment of competencies and skills shall be made on a five point scale viz. A,B,C,D and E where E stands for ‘needs guidance’.

C) For Classes VI to VIII

 Each student would need to pass the continuous and comprehensive evaluation as well as the annual examination separately with at least 33% marks. Thus, each child shall need to obtain not less than 20 marks out of 60 in each subject in the continuous and comprehensive assessment for class VI onwards and 13 marks out of 40 in annual examinations, for being promoted to the next class.

 D. Promotion Rules for classes IX & XI 

1. Each student would need to pass the continuous and comprehensive evaluation as well as the session ending examination separately with at least 33% marks. Thus, each child shall need to obtain not less than 20 marks out of 60 in each subject in the continuous and comprehensive assessment and 13 marks out of 40 marks in the session ending examination for taking promotion to the next class.

2. In classes IX and XI, if a candidate secures less than 33% in one or two subjects, in the session ending examination, he/she will be eligible to take the supplementary examination in those subjects. The candidate will be promoted to the next higher class only if he she secures 33% marks in each of these subjects in the supplementary examination. The supplementary examination shall be conducted 3 weeks after the declaration of the results and would be conducted under the supervision of the Assistant Commissioner. For Class XI, subjects involving practicals, separate pass in theory and practical is mandatory.

 GRACE MARKS:

Grace Marks for classes VI - VIII

Grace marks shall not be more than 10 in all subjects put together restricted to a maximum of 5 marks in one subject. These would be awarded to the actual marks obtained by a student without reducing them to the weightage of 60 or 40 while bringing out the final assessment.

That is to say, that these 05 marks in a subject can be awarded either in session-ending examination of 100 marks paper or in continuous and comprehensive evaluation before reducing the marks to the weightage of 40 or 60. This can either be in the session-ending examination or continuous and comprehensive evaluation or split up in both. The ceiling for a subject shall remain 05 marks. In the year in which a student has participated in the KVS National games or SGFI, a maximum of 25 additional marks will be awarded for all subjects combined, not exceeding 10 marks in a single subject. This would be awarded to the actual marks obtained by a student, without reducing them to the weightage of 60 or 40 while bringing out the final assessment.

 COMPULSORY TC.

A pupil who fails at the annual examination  will be admitted to the same class in the next session of the same or any other Kendriya Vidyalaya. A pupil who fails twice at the annual examination in the same class shall not be admitted even in special cases. Therefore compulsory T.C. shall be issued to such students.

 Socially Useful Productive Work

SUPW is a series of organised and controlled activities which are socially useful and economically viable. It tends to bridge the gap between the classes and masses and promotes integration between the world of work and the world of scientific and social knowledge and broadens aesthetic vision. The outcome of organising such activities can be a product, a process, a service or an artistic creation.

 SCHEME OF STUDIES AND SYLLABUS

 AFFILIATION:

All Kendriya Vidyalayas shall normally be affiliated to the CBSE for AII India Secondary School        (Class X) Examination and All India Senior School Certificate (Class XII) Examination. However,          in some stations,affiliation with State Boards of Education shall also be allowed in Class XII. 

SCHEME OF STUDIES:

Kendriya Vidyalayas being composite co-educational schools having classes from I to XII, the subjects taught at various levels shall be as given below:

A.Classes I & II                                     (1) Hindi

                                                            (2) English

                                                            (3) Mathematics

                                                            (4) Art of Healthy & Productive Living

B. Classes III to V

                                                            (1) Hindi

                                                            (2) English

                                                            (3) Mathematics

                                                            (4) Environmental Studies

                                                            (5) AHPL

                                                            (6) Work Experience

                                                            (7) Art

                                                            (8) Physical Education / games

                                                            (9) Music

 Computer awareness programme as a part of Work Experience shall be provided.

 C. Classes VI to VIII

                                                            (I) Sanskrit

                                                            (2) Hindi

                                                            (3) English

                                                            (4) Mathematics

                                                            (5) Science & Technology

                                                            (6) Social Sciences.

                                                            (7) SUPW

                                                            (8) Art Education

                                                            (9) Health & Physical Education

D.Classes IX & X:                                  (l)&(2) Any two languages out

                                                            of Sanskrit, Hindi and English

                                                            (3) Mathematics

                                                            (4) Science and Technology

                                                            (5) Social Studies.

                                                            (6) SUPW

                                                            (7) Art Education and

                                                            (8) Health and Physical Education.

Computer Literacy / Education as a part of Work Experience                              

 E. Classes XI and XII:

 Compulsory: Core Language -English and Hindi (in place of Maths) SUPW, General Studies.

Elective: Any four of the following: (1) Physics (ii) Chemistry (iii) Biology             (iv) Mathematics         (v) Computer Science (vi) Language other than that offered as

compulsory core language.

 ATTENDANCE

1. A Pupil will be eligible to appear in the Session Ending Examination if he/she has a minimum of 75°/s attendance.

2. Leave to a student for absence is granted only on an application addressed to the Principal through the Class Teacher submitted in time, duly attested by the Parents/Guardian.

3. The period of leave with reasons should also be recorded in the Students Calendar by the Parent with signature.

4. In case of illness, a Medical Certificate must be attached with the application. Long absence except in case of illness should be discouraged.

5. The name of the student will be struck off the rolls of the Vidyalaya if he/she is absent for more than a week continuously without sanctioned of leave.

 Punctuality and Regularity

1. The pupil must develop the habits of punctuality and regularity.

2. He should reach the Vidyalaya latest at 8.20 a.m. in proper uniform.

3. He should submit his assignment and projects to the teachers regularly and in time.

SUBJECT WISE PERFORMANCE INDEX

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