CBSE has recently announced the Class 12th and 10th Results, and they have now offered students another chance to enhance their scorecard.  It’s another fantastic opportunity for students who are disappointed with their results, to improve their scores by taking the improvement exam. Candidates who are planning to take the CBSE Improvement Exam for class 12th and 10th can get the CBSE Improvement Exam date sheet, exact schedule, latest updates, along with other important information in this blog.

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Latest Update – Students Can Now Appear for CBSE Improvement Exams the Same Year

Revised board exam guidelines issued by CBSE on class 10 and 12th board examinations. Students with a compartment can now appear for a re-examination in the same year. Have a look at the revised guidelines of CBSE on improvement exams 2021:

• Students will get a chance to improve their scores in one subject only. Compartment Examination will be conducted immediately after the main exam.
• Students appearing for CBSE improvement exams will receive a combined marksheet.
• Students with compartment in more than 1 subject will have to wait an entire year to give the exam. New rule is applicable on candidates with compartment in a single subject.

What are CBSE Improvement Exams?

The scores obtained in the 12th result are pivotal for the entrance exams of professional degree courses and securing admission for higher studies be it in India or abroad. If you are not satisfied with the results and want to improve your scores for the board exams held for class 10th and 12th, the CBSE improvement exam is the way to go for it. The exam can be taken for one or more subjects by students who have qualified a subject but the scores are not up to the expectation. But those with a backlog first need to qualify the subject to be able to appear in the improvement exam. The new scored marks will be considered as your result and that would reflect on your final mark sheet. 

Tentative Dates for 2021

Here are the tentative dates for the CBSE Improvement exam 2021 as per the exam dates of this year:

Application for CBSE Improvement Examination 2021

Application forms for CBSE Improvement Examination will be available at cbseonline.ernet.in and to fill it up, students will require the following details:

1. Roll Number
2. 5 digit School Number
3. Year of Examination
4. Center Number
5. Private Candidate of All India/Delhi Scheme
6. Select Class

Eligibility Criteria

The first and foremost step to appear for the improvement exam is to satisfy certain prerequisites that have been listed below: 

• Only those who appeared for their 10th and 12th exam through the CBSE board can appear for the improvement exam. A student who has qualified the exam through state or any other board except CBSE is not eligible.
• It is to be noted that you can take this exam for the five core subjects and not for an elective and that a student can appear for the test only once
• The candidates who have passed their exams not more than 2 years ago from the date of application can apply for the CBSE improvement exam.
• If a candidate has failed the theory subject but has qualified the practical exam, he/she needs to appear for an improvement exam for the former while the marks for practical exam will be counted from the earlier exam.
• If a student has failed to clear the practicals then it is mandatory to reappear for both the theory and practical tests. 

Subject Lists for CBSE Improvement Exam

The Improvement Exam for CBSE Class 12 will be held exclusively in the subjects listed below. The information for the Improvement Exam CBSE 2021 Class 10 will be released soon.

How to Apply for the CBSE Improvement Exam?

The student willing to give the CBSE improvement exam needs to visit this link and apply there. Here are the steps you need to follow to apply for the CBSE improvement exam online:

1. Candidates must go to the Central Board of Secondary Education official website, CBSE.nic.in, as well as www.cbseonline.ernet.in/pvtform/.
2. Now, on the Home Page, click the Apply Online to Improvement Exam option.
3. Candidates will next be prompted to provide their Roll Number and school name.
4. The candidate must next select the topic for which he or she wishes to take the Improvement Exam.
5. Candidates must now select a centre for the examination of the offered options.
6. Fill out all of the requested information carefully.
7. Check the filled-in details thoroughly.
8. Then press the submit button.
9. Now the website will prompt you to make a payment. You may pay the Application Fee online or by bank challan.
10. Download the completed application form and print it for future reference.

CBSE Improvement Exam 2021 Application Fee

The application fee for the CBSE Improvement Exam for class 10th and 12th is INR 200 per subject, for all the candidates. Fee payment can be carried out online, i.e. through Debit Card/Credit Card/NEFT/RTGS or through bank challan. Tabulated below are the details related to examination fees:

Note: Fees can differ for candidates from outside India and on late submission, check the details here!

Procedure and Guidelines

After entering the Roll No. and the name of the school, you can select the subjects for re-exam. The application fee for the improvement exam is 200 INR per subject which can be paid online on the website or at the bank via challan. It is important that you keep the following guidelines in mind while filling the application form: 

• Ensure that you don’t wait for till the last date to fill the application form. Due to high traffic on the websites during the last hours, you might miss the deadline. 
• Though the fee charged for one improvement exam is 200 INR, fee amounts differ as per Delhi Scheme, Outside India and for private candidates. Go through the official notification by CBSE before applying for the improvement exam.
• You will be provided with a separate admit card for the improvement exam so make sure you download the same from the CBSE website and go through the exam centre details on the same.

CBSE Improvement Exam Result and Marksheet

After successfully performing the test, the CBSE Improvement Exam results will be announced in the month of October 2021. Students who take the improvement test will receive simply a fresh mark sheet, not a new passing certificate.

Disadvantages of CBSE Improvement Exams

Listed below are some of the disadvantages of appearing for the CBSE improvement exams- 

• Those who are looking forward to enhancing their aggregate or all over score through reappearing will have to wait an entire year to attempt the CBSE improvement exam.
• Since the candidates will be taking the exam again, there might be a possibility that instead of scoring more they score less than their previous exam. 
• For the next year, there can be a possibility that the examination board may alter the syllabus of the exam. 
• Stretching your preparation for a year long candy mundane.
• There are possibilities that you may have to attempt a more difficult question paper than last year.
• In case the candidates score less marks in their CBSE improvement exam, the marks for the improvement exams will be mentioned on the marksheet instead of the old marks.

Advantages of CBSE Improvement Exams 

Let us quickly go through some of the advantages for appearing in CBSE improvement exam- 

• It is a perfect opportunity through which the candidates who have secured fewer marks can increase their aggregate. 
• In the next attempt, candidates can avoid committing the mistakes that were made earlier
• Sometimes, candidates tend to score low marks because of unavoidable circumstances. Thus, this is the perfect way in which they can cover up their marks.

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