The PSA was initially taken by the students as an optional exam to analyze their qualitative and quantitative skills. January, 2013, marks a change in that process – the paper will now be made compulsory for all students. CCE (Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation) will also include the test’s score in its marking scheme for the formative assessment of class IX students. Class XI students will be provided with a certificate of their scores, as CCE is not applicable for class XI students. Class IX students’ will also have their scores in PSA focused on mathematics, social science, science and one language – either Hindi or English.
To
streamline the process and avoid confusion, the board will carry out the
registration processon the basis of the enrolment data provided by the
schools, exempting students from separate registration. The registration
number for the PSA and the Board exam will remain the same. Students
registered for class IX and XI boards are eligible to take the test and
will use the same roll numbers for both exams.
The total number of question papers sent by the board, to the
respective schools, will be with respect to the number of students
registered for the exam. PSA is a MCQ (multiple choice questions) test.
The exam booklet will also include a special OMR answer sheet.
Students of class XI from all the streams (humanities, commerce or
science) will have one common question paper (apart from their main
subject papers) in which language conventions, qualitative reasoning and
quantitative reasoning will be covered.
In this paper, quantitative reasoning, specific to the Social
Sciences, Humanities and Arts field, will be included. Science and
mathematics will be a part of qualitative reasoning. Finally, various
aspects of writing skills (e.g. vocabulary, grammar etc) will be
included in language conventions.
Source: The Times of India
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