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The moderation policy refers to a practice where students are given extra marks in subjects considered as unusually difficult, or when there are variations in question paper sets
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The exceptionally high score in subjects like History and English sparked a debate on social media with many calling it “spiking” of marks instead of “moderation”.
“It is unbelievable to score a 100 in a subject like History. It raises questions if the Board has spiked the marks instead of only giving grace marks to students who could have failed for the want of a few marks,” a private school principal refuted.
The CBSE officials, however, denied the allegations saying “spiking” would be a wrong term. “The Board has changed the format of its question papers in the last 10 years. Now, we move from subjectivity to objectivity and it actually helped students to score better even in Humanities,” a senior CBSE official said.
Shreya Sharma of DPS RK Puram said she was happy to score 95 per cent. “Moderation actually helped me in scoring good marks,” she said.
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
The moderation policy refers to a practice where students are given extra marks in subjects considered as unusually difficult, or when there are variations in question paper sets. However, it is believed that it was used in excess.
