No more spiking of marks in Class X, XII board exams

Ensure that results are a true reflection of students' performance and stop the practise of spiking the scores of the Class X and XII board examinations, the Centre has directed the states.

In an official communication to all States, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry also sought them to make their moderation policy public by uploading the same on the websites of their respective school examination boards.

All secondary school examination boards should also disclose "the quantum of moderation" on a year-to-year basis and upload the same of their websites to maintain "transparency," it added.

"Practice of awarding moderation marks should be done away with, except in the cases of ambiguity in the question papers, inter-set variation in difficulty level if multiple sets system exists in the board, and vagaries in the evaluation process based on the statistical analysis," the Ministry said.

The "bunching of marks" and their spiking should be "completely" avoided, it said. The States have also been suggested not to add the scores of students' extra-curricular activities in the main marks statement, sources said.