The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is rewriting the rulebook for how Indian students are evaluated. Starting this academic year, the Class 10 board exams will see a major transformation from memory-based questions to assessments that demand understanding, analysis, and real-world application.
Under the new structure, 80 percent of the Class 10 exam papers will now test competency, not recall. About 40 percent of marks will come from Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) multiple-choice questions designed to measure analysis and reasoning, while another 40% will focus on conceptual understanding, and only 20 percent will be based on factual recall.
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The change stems from the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which calls for a shift from rote learning to skill-based, holistic education. But as the nation applauds the vision, one question looms large: Are India’s teachers ready to make this leap?
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