UP Board to conduct only one paper in 40 subjects

AGRA: Following implementation of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) curriculum, UP Board of high schools and intermediate education will now do away with the norm of conducting two exams for the same subject.

From the session 2018-19 onward, students of the UP board will have to appear for only one paper in 40 subjects, including Hindi, English, Mathematics etc.

For the convenience of students, the UP Board has also uploaded model question papers as per the revised module. So far, test papers of 24 subjects, including Hindi, English, Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, History and Geography have been uploaded. The step aims to align the format of intermediate education to that of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) followed on class 11 and 12.

Every year, the UP Board conducts exams in 105 subjects for high schools and intermediate schools. These include 41 subjects of vocational trades. Subjects such as Agriculture is also included.

UP Board secretary Neena Srivastava said, “In order to completely implement the NCERT pattern and bring uniformity in secondary education offered by CBSE and other boards, from session 2018-19 onward, instead of two, only one paper will be conducted in 40 subjects of intermediate education. For the convenience of students, we are uploading model question papers as per the revised format on the official website.”