CBSE PSA 2013 14
Problem Solving Assessment for classes IX as well as XI for the academic twelvemonth 2013-14 volition survive held on 18th January, 2014. Salient features of this bear witness volition survive as follows:
· It volition survive compulsory for all students of classes IX as well as XI.
· It volition comprise of threescore items of MCQ type as well as volition bear threescore marks.· The exam volition survive held from 10.00 AM to 12.00 Noon.
· There is no specific syllabus for this test. It volition assess life skills related to the next elements: Language conventions, Qualitative Reasoning as well as Quantitative Reasoning
· The items volition comprise assessment of 21st Century skills such as Creative Thinking, Decision-making, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving as well as Communication skills that Pb to greater success at higher teaching besides as existent life situations. These items volition survive assessing students’ mightiness to process, translate as well as move data rather than precisely assessing students’ prior dependent area knowledge.
· The assessment inward linguistic communication volition contain items that volition assess grammar, usage, vocabulary inward context as well as passage-completion.
· The items volition survive prepared inward Hindi besides as English.
· PSA score volition survive counted towards FA4 which is 10% of full assessments for class-IX. This score volition survive reflected as inward ane linguistic communication (English or Hindi), Mathematics, Science as well as Social Science. Class-XI students volition survive issued a split certificate for the same.
· All those students of classes X as well as XII (who appeared inward PSA spell studying inward classes IX as well as XI during the previous session) who wishing to amend inward PSA may survive allowed to produce so.
· Related data may survive indicated clearly at the fourth dimension of submission of the List of Candidates for 2014 annual examination.
· There volition survive no split registration for appearing inward PSA.
