With the closure of schools from 30th April 2021 vide NO.NSDMA-ER-COVID19/301/2020 (Part-II) dated 29.4.2021, due to COVID-19 pandemic, schools were allowed to conduct classes through online mode w.e.f. 24th May 2021. However, it is observed that teachers, students and parents have faced challenges in adopting online teaching and learning due to various reasons such as digital divide and connectivity issues while trying to ensure effectiveness of online teaching.

In the backdrop of the above and as envisaged in the NEP 2020 where it speaks about transforming assessment to more regular and formative, the Nagaland Board of School Education has issued a revised assessment scheme for the conduct of Class VIII Examination 2021 (for Government Schools only) and Class IX Final Examinations 2021. All Registered Private schools shall also adopt this assessment pattern for Class VIII Examination 2021. The guidelines are given as below:

1. The two examinations shall be conducted in two phases (PHASE I & PHASE II).
2. The marks for each phase will be 50% of the total marks allotted for external examination for each subject.
3. The question paper will have all types/forms of questions as per the existing design of question paper of the Board.
4. The examinations will be of 90 minutes duration each.
5. The entire syllabus is divided into two. (Subject-wise division of syllabus for PHASE I & PHASE II examinations are uploaded in the Board’s portal).
6. The blueprint of the question papers will also be given out for each subject phase-wise later.
7. Question papers for each phase of examinations will be made available in the Board’s portal (www.nbsenl.edu.in) and schools will download the question papers for each phase. Further details for downloading the question papers will be notified later.
8. The marks of PHASE I & PHASE II will be consolidated to prepare the final result of each student.
9. Schools shall carry out the internal assessment in all the subjects and record the marks for inclusion in the final results preparation.
10. The PHASE I examination will be conducted in later part of October 2021 and PHASE II examination will be conducted in December 2021. Detail routine and the time for submission of results will be given at a later date.
11. Depending on the situation, the mode for conduct of the two phase examinations will be made known to the schools.

Therefore, all the Heads of Registered Institutions of the Board have been informed to note the changes in the conduct of the said examinations of Class VIII and Class IX 2021 and instruct the teachers accordingly to follow the division of topics/chapters for each subject as given in the annexure.  Students must be made aware of the changes in the examination pattern/scheme. Schools shall ensure that the given topics are covered and remedial teaching be taken up to ensure that students achieve the expected learning level.

                                                                                                (DIPR)