The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is making available the answer books of past toppers to class X and class XII students who would be appearing in the board exams next year.
In a unique initiative, the board has decided to help students score well in the exams by learning from previous years’ toppers. The answer books will make the students understand how to attempt a question paper better, have an idea on how to apply the correct formulae, equations and methods while solving a question.
According to a report in news portal the Print, answer books of all subjects will be provided to the students through the schools.
“Schools can show the answer sheets to students who are going to write Class 10 and 12 board exams as samples and make them aware of the minute details of attempting the question paper, including what mistakes not to make,” a senior CBSE official was quoted by CBSE as saying.
Teachers have welcomed the move.
“Just like sample question papers help students get an idea of the kind of questions that could be asked, sample answer sheets can also be a helpful study material. The idea is not to make students write identical answers by showing them old copies but just to give them an idea on attempting a board examination,” a CBSE teacher was quoted by the news portal as saying.
The Delhi government had in September started this initiative for CBSE school students. The objective was to help them improve writing skills and develop an effective technique to attempt a question paper.