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SHOULD CBSE BOARD CONTINUE WITH ITS MODERATION POLICY?

Moderation has been acting as a prominent role in provision of marks during the last couple of years due to which the grades of students were seen soaring high up. The idea took a new turn in the present year when the policy was scrapped and was re- introduced creating a lot of confusion about the same. The policy created a flurry all over social media and among students who were anxiously awaiting their board exam result.

VIEW

 - By Keerthi PS

Moderating marks during exams has its own advantage and disadvantage. Moderation at an individual level is considered essential so that all students pass the exam and are entitled to take up further studies. It ensures that no one is under a disadvantage of scoring bad marks or failing which can risk their future. Everyone is ensured an opportunity.

Also with the cut -offs of universities soaring up high every year, in order to make it to a decent college, it is essential that students score above the cut- offs.

But with difficult question papers focussing more on application based content than pure theory , students often find it tough to meet up to the level of expectation . Therefore, such activities can boost the confidence of students and can motivate them.

Moderation policy also calms you down during examinations avoiding unnecessary worries causing excess stress and breakdown, thinking about your future and at the same time it does not make things seem very casual as well and places importance of scoring well by studying hard.

Therefore, I would like to conclude by saying that scoring well in an examination depends completely on your hard work whereas moderation just acts as an additional incentive to boost up the results.

COUNTERVIEW:

    - By Navya R

Quality education is one of the biggest challenges and if we don’t attend to it now, we will have to deal with the damage in future.

While the idea was to maintain parity in the pass percentage across years, the practice has been misused to artificially inflate board marks. If the policy is not scrapped, the CBSE results could witness an increase in student performance.

The number of students scoring 90-95 percent is expected to increase. If CBSE decides to follow the moderation policy, then students from the state boards will suffer in undergraduate admissions as they will not meet the cut offs.

The policy is unjust to the truly distinguished students but it can hurt more average students as well, by giving them false sense of academic worth. The students daydreams of college admission or performance are shattered that can be traumatic.  Artificially spiked marks can also make students opt for courses for which they have no aptitude.

Meanwhile the deluge of 90-plus scores makes it difficult to judge students, and hurts the truly deserving ones.

Grade inflation, like regular inflation is, when the same marks are worth less because more people are given. It is problematic because the maximum marks you can achieve is capped at 100.

Thus I would conclude by saying that the CBSE Moderation Policy will have a negative impact on the students.