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Teachers speak on this year's Maths result: 'No leniency in checking'
"The average marks in Maths is basically very low this year as compared to last year. Last year, there were around 50 students who got marks in 90s, but this year, barely 20-21 students scored that well. Even students who usually score around 80-90 have scores in 60s and 70s," said Divya Chhabra, Mathematics teacher at Ramjas School, New Delhi.
"As such, no leniency was carried out at the time of checking, papers were checked according to the marking scheme only," the teacher added.
"There was no such special directive given to teachers checking the papers," said Debjani Kar, Class 12 Mathematics teacher of Hariyana Vidya Mandir school in Kolkata.
"On the other hand, we were told that this is the question paper standard which would be maintained in coming years as well," added the senior teacher, who was also a CBSE Board head examiner for the Class 10 Mathematics paper.
'IIT entrance level' maths paper makes students cry:
Teachers had claimed the paper to be much tougher than that of previous years and said that around 50 percent of the questions in the paper were based on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS), compared to only 10-20 percent in previous exams of the subject. (Read: Maths paper analysis)
"The more number of unseen questions in the paper required time to think and so, made the paper lengthy," Maths teacher Divya Chhabra had said at the time.
Students alleged that the paper was not set according to the allotted marking scheme and said that they had to answer intricate "Calculus questions in section-C, which consisted of only 4 marks each." The lengthy 4-mark questions should ideally have been put in the last section, carrying 6-mark questions.
"Either CBSE should conduct the exam again or adopt a liberal attitude during evaluation of the answer sheets," Mathematics teacher, Rakesh Sharma told IANS.
CBSE Class 12 Results out: No leniency in Maths paper, high paper standard to be maintained in future : News
"The average marks in Maths is basically very low this year as compared to last year. Last year, there were around 50 students who got marks in 90s, but this year, barely 20-21 students scored that well. Even students who usually score around 80-90 have scores in 60s and 70s," said Divya Chhabra, Mathematics teacher at Ramjas School, New Delhi.
"As such, no leniency was carried out at the time of checking, papers were checked according to the marking scheme only," the teacher added.
"There was no such special directive given to teachers checking the papers," said Debjani Kar, Class 12 Mathematics teacher of Hariyana Vidya Mandir school in Kolkata.
"On the other hand, we were told that this is the question paper standard which would be maintained in coming years as well," added the senior teacher, who was also a CBSE Board head examiner for the Class 10 Mathematics paper.
'IIT entrance level' maths paper makes students cry:
Teachers had claimed the paper to be much tougher than that of previous years and said that around 50 percent of the questions in the paper were based on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS), compared to only 10-20 percent in previous exams of the subject. (Read: Maths paper analysis)
"The more number of unseen questions in the paper required time to think and so, made the paper lengthy," Maths teacher Divya Chhabra had said at the time.
Students alleged that the paper was not set according to the allotted marking scheme and said that they had to answer intricate "Calculus questions in section-C, which consisted of only 4 marks each." The lengthy 4-mark questions should ideally have been put in the last section, carrying 6-mark questions.
"Either CBSE should conduct the exam again or adopt a liberal attitude during evaluation of the answer sheets," Mathematics teacher, Rakesh Sharma told IANS.
CBSE Class 12 Results out: No leniency in Maths paper, high paper standard to be maintained in future : News
