CBSE Class 10 Boards - Should You or Should You Not

While there is a lot of debate about implementing CCE, people are still confused about taking the optional board exams or not.

We, at NNE have tried to put forth some of the reasons as to why one should still take the board exams

Helps you learn
While no one wants pressure of any kind, there are stages when you just can not help it. Board exams can serve as an experience where you will learn to deal with pressure and tough situations and find solutions to them. You will learn how to manage time, multitask and give your best under pressure situations and will make you tough.

Transferable jobs
In case your parents have a transferable job, taking the board exams might become compulsory for you. As per the guidelines issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education, in case you wish to change your board, it will become compulsory for you to take the board exams.

Change of school
In case you wish to change your school after class 10, taking the board exams again becomes important. As per the guidelines issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education, in case you wish to change your school, it will become compulsory for you to take the board exams.

Best way to judge yourself
On a national level, you will be able to judge your performance better, than comparing yourself with only 40 students of your class. The percentile system will tell you where you stand. The percentile system may prove to be very helpful, in case you plan to take competitive exams. You will experience the system before actually taking a plunge.

1st milestone
While class 12th boards are important in terms of career and higher education, class 10th boards give you a taste of what to expect from board exams and the hype surrounding it. While class 12 exams are different in many ways from class 10 exams, the hype surrounding the boards remains. In that sense, class 10 exams will act as net practice for class 12 boards.

Getting out of the shell
Comparing your performance with 40 students is OK, but once you step out of your comfort zone of taking the exams at a different center, taking a paper made by some other teacher and being evaluated by teachers who are not from your school eventually help you assess yourself better. By being in an unforeseen situation and coming out triumphant gives you confidence to do things. And the sooner you start, the better.

As Elenor Roosevelt once said, “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself. I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.”

So, not taking the exams for the fear of failure or pressure should not be a reason for you to skip the boards. Instead, you should take it up as a challenge and strive to work towards giving your best and coming out triumphant.