CBSE class XII schedule for board exams: Students are unhappy

Students, parents and even the academicians are complaining about the exams schedule for class XII after seeing the date sheet prepared by the CBSE. According to the students, back-to-back exams will not leave them much time for the revisions. The toughest exam schedule turns out to be for the students for the humanities stream as they have their psychology exam on April 5, political science exam is on April 6 and legal studies exam is on April 7.

Dinesh Rath, a Class XII student, said "it will be stressful to take the “lengthy” political science exam after the psychology paper. Political science is quite a vast subject… we have nearly 20 chapters. There is not even a one-day gap between the exams, which is unfair. By the time we complete the psychology paper and come back home, half the day is gone. We barely get a few hours, and that too if we don't rest at all. In my class, most students are not happy with the exam schedule… we have heard that students in other cities have written to the government, urging it to change the schedule…"

Even the students from science stream are not particularly happy with their timetable as there is only one day gap between the English and Physics paper. “Physics is not just a lengthy subject but a very important one… we need at least three days to revise properly… we don't even mind if they swap the two subjects, scheduling the physics paper first and English later… But we are thankful that they didn't mess up our timetable like they did with humanities students, who have papers with no breaks,” said Sanchit Srivastva, a Class XII science student.

Neelam Chakraborty, the principal of DPS School, said "it would have been better if CBSE had given breaks between the crucial papers. It's not that the students go for last-minute learning… it's more of a psychological issue… a couple of days break puts the student's mind to rest,” she said.