HOW CAN I APPLY FOR THE CBSE IMPROVEMENT EXAMINATION
BY: HARSHA SINHA, VIDHYARTHI DARPAN
Every year in India, a lot of students appear for the board examination, many of them secure good marks, some fail and some manage to pass but are dissatisfied with their percentage. To give these students a second chance, so that they could improve their percentage Improvement exams are conducted.
Sometimes, few students pass through the cut-off of competitive exams but unfortunately miss out on the minimum percentage, hence to give those students a chance to improve their marks so that they could get into their desired college improvement exams has been proved to be a boon.
Some Basic norms of the Improvement Exam
1. Improvement exams are for those students who did pass their board exams but are dissatisfied with their percentage, and want to improve their percentage by giving the exam again.
2. Students can give improvement exams of one or more subjects according to their will, but under the condition that they have passed in those subjects previously. Students can not give the exam of those subjects who they have failed to pass the last time.
Details for CBSE Improvement Exam
1. The application form is usually released into the month of July and ends up in October, but in the past 2 years due to the pandemic schedule is a bit uncertain.
2. There are basic fees per subject, if you take multiple subjects fees could be changed,
3. The forms can be collected from Syndicate Bank branches throughout Delhi and Regional Offices of CBSE for other regions. It could also be downloaded from online portals.
4. In the Improvement report card only the marks of those subjects would be mentioned for which the student has given the exam. The best of the two marks will be printed on the report card.
Online procedure for CBSE Improvement Exam
1. Search for the form at the official website of CBSE that is cbse.nic.in
2. Enter your CBSE Roll Number in the text box allotted for it.
3. Then Enter the 5 digit school number in the assigned text box. In case the student has appeared as a private candidate and doesn’t have a school number, then enter 99999.
4. Enter the examination center number; It is mentioned in the past year’s admit card. Click on ‘Proceed’ and fill up your details.
5. Make the payment online or through E-Challan from the respective bank.
6. Note down your “Application Number” and “Roll Number”.
7. Follow the instructions on the “Confirmation Page”.
These were some of the basic procedures to appear for the improvement exams. Generally, the improvement exams are conducted with boards exam, the students of 12th and the improvement candidates have the same dates, more often same centers as well. If someone is planning to appear for improvement this time then keep this mind all the colleges have temporarily removed the board’s percentage cut off due to the pandemic, as proper classes are not going on and hence it is difficult for many candidates to learn things online or to attend online classes. Hence to back those deserving candidates the government and the colleges have mutually taken this decision. But in case you are willing to give the examination just to improve your percentage then you can fill the form as instructed.
Let us see some advantages and disadvantages as well of the improvement exams
Advantages: If we talk about the advantages then it is pretty simple, that you got a second chance to improve your boards’ percentage, and also if you are JEE aspirant or other competitive exams, and due to some unfortunate reasons you could not clear the eligibility percentage then you have the chance to improve that. In this manner, you could also revise for the exams .
Disadvantages: For the disadvantages, we can say that you have to take a year drop and prepare for the entire year as the exams tend to happen with the boards only. Secondly, you will have to carry two different report cards wherever needed. Third, you would have the burden of two exams one the competitive one and the second the improvement exam, this also creates mental pressure as well.
Since now you are aware of both the advantages and disadvantages of the improvement exam, it will help you to make a good decision on whether you should go for it or not.
Conclusion:
As mentioned earlier about the need of giving this exam, If it is not for the college then I would suggest not to go for it, as 12th percentage would not matter this much in the future, as your skills and knowledge will, especially for those whose boards and improvement are happening at this time of the pandemic, always remember this pandemic would help you to get pass through your low percentage. So focus on your upcoming studies and new skills, don’t bother about the board’s results, until and unless you have to get a specific cut-off percentage for any college if they are asking for it, otherwise all the colleges have raised off this criteria temporarily.
