1. Term I examinations will be held during November-December 2021 over a period of 4-8 weeks. It will be based on the Term I syllabus (roughly 50% of the entire year’s syllabus according to the CBSE).

The 90-min test will have Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) including “case-based MCQs and MCQs on assertion-reasoning type”.

2. Term II examinations will be held during March-April 2022 at identified examination centres. Now there are two possibilities.

If conditions are suitable, the test will be descriptive. The 2-hour paper will have questions of different formats (case-based/ situation based, open ended- short answer/ long answer type). If conditions are not suitable for des ..
 

The challenge for students preparing to study abroad
Students applying to UG courses in the US, the UK and Canada will have to adapt to this change keeping in mind the following facts.

For US applicants, early action and early decision (early-November) as well as regular applications (deadline: 1 st Jan) were earlier uncomplicated in terms of application essays. Now students will need to also juggle board exams instead of the breather they would get earlier after the  board exams.

Further, colleges might expect scores (and not just predicted scores like earlier when September midterm results would go along with predicted scores) to be submitted If scores come out by the time registrations start in January-February.

For UK and Canada as well, 15th January is the deadline for applications so students will need to ensure that their essays are ready by then.

With these changes in mind, students will have to start preparing for writing essays early on, preferrably from March-April. Essay ideation and finalization of college lists are time-consuming processes. Given the changing nature of board exams and the increased importance of performing well on board exams, UG applicants to the US, UK, and Canada need to become more proactive and manage their timelines with care.