Welcome to Orientation Class XI Session 2014-2015

1. Welcome to Orientation Class XI Session 2014-2015

2. The school timings are Nursery and K.G. : 8:00 am to 11:45 am – Monday to Friday Classes I to XII : 8:00 am to 02:00 pm – Monday to Friday Classes VI to XII : 8:00 am to 12:30 noon – Saturday The school gates will be shut at 8:05am and NO student will be allowed in after that.

3. GUIDELINES FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS

4. Examination Pattern • The students will be assessed regularly through : • WEEKLY TESTS • CLASS TESTS • HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION AND FINAL EXAMINATION. • A student requires minimum 40% marks to pass in each subject. • It is mandatory for a student to pass separately in Theory and Practical Exams. • Regularity in tests/ exams is a must for the students. • In case any student wants to take additional subject ( sixth subject), he/ she has to • study it on his/her own. Will have to secure passing marks in Half Yearly and Final • Examinations to be eligible to take it in Class XII. • No change of subject or stream will be allowed after July.

5. Each round of tests is important. The final assessment will be based on the following-

6. Students must not resort to any unfair means in any test or examination. • If they do so, they will be awarded zero in the respective subject, be • suspended for a week and not be allowed to appear for the rest of the • papers .

7. PATTERN OF QUESTION PAPERS The Final Examination will be based on the complete syllabus. The question papers will be based on the Board pattern and as per the CBSE syllabus . Students will thus be trained for the Board exams. Students are therefore advised to visit CBSE websites: www.cbse.nic.in and www.cbseacademic.in for latest updates , syllabus and sample papers.

8. Some important changes made by CBSE: Emphasis on Values- From the 2012-13 academic session CBSE has allocated 5 percent marks in all the major subjects in classes XI and XII to questions which will be integrated with the content of the subject and analysed on the basis of the values it reflects.

9. Introduction of PSA or Problem Solving Assessment • CBSE introduced this assessment since 2012-13. • There is no specific syllabus for `Problem Solving Assessment’ • It will assess Life Skills relating to following areas:- • Qualitative Reasoning • Quantitative Reasoning • Language Conventions • Qualitative Reasoning : includes the reasoning seen in the • Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences • QuantitativeReasoning : includes the kinds of reasoning • found in Mathematics and Science • Language Conventions : includes different aspects of • written communication • (e.g. grammar, vocabulary etc.)

10. Open Text based Assessment (OTBA) • Introduced in the last session ,it applied to Economics, Biology and Geography • as a part of Final Examination. This year it may be applied to more subjects. • CBSE will provide the textual material in the form of an article, a case study, • a diagram, a concept/mind map, a picture or a cartoon, problem/situation based • on the concepts taught to the students during the session. • It will be to the extent of 15-20 percent in the subjects of Economics, Geography • and Biology and may also include the Value Based Questions. • The textual material will be related to selected concepts from the syllabus • and higher order thinking skills, which can be creative and open ended.

11. Introduction of project work in Business Studies for Classes XI and XII for 20 marks. Project work is also being introduced in History for 20 marks in Classes XI & XII Subject teachers will also inform the students periodically about any change that takes place.