Expert committee to decide on marking patterns of Maths paper

Against the backdrop of several feedbacks received from students and teachers about the Maths paper, CBSE has decided to place them before a committee before finalising the marking schemes for the paper.
The committee of subject experts would be meeting after completion of the board exams to decide on the possible marking pattern of the class XII Mathematics paper held on March 18.
"All possible efforts will be made to protect the interest of the students," said CBSE in a statement.
The difficulty level of the paper had evoked anxiety among the students and triggered a flood of complaints to CBSE from cross-section of the society.

Board officials had said there have been some changes in the pattern of the paper and that schools may not have been "intimated accordingly" in that regard.
The all-India exam conducted on March 18 left students disappointed and concerned as they found the Mathematics paper too tough.

Teachers also felt that the paper required higher order thinking skills (HOTS) which, as per the examination pattern, forms 10 to 20 per cent of the paper.
Officials in CBSE had held a meeting with some selected school principals a few days back to discuss the issue following uproar over it.
Some teachers said that the questions were different from the "traditional pattern".