DAV ACC Public School

Examination Policy

School Policies and Regulations:

Attendance Policy
1. 75% attendance is mandatory for the students to appear for exams/ get promoted to the next higher class.
2. Parents are advised to visit class teacher of their ward and subject teachers periodically to keep track of their attendance and performance.
3. Student should not remain absent without prior permission for more than 3 days consecutive day.

The new education policy focuses on the child’s overall development .Keeping these changes in mind and as per the guidelines of NEP 2020 , DAV ACC Public School Kymore gives a maximum exposure to students in developing competencies and opportunities are provided to students to acquire knowledge to face a real life situations. Now there is a Paradigm shift from ‘content-based’ assessment to ‘competency-based’ assessment as well as emphasis is on continuous assessment of overall growth and development.
SCHEME OF ASSESSMENT CLASS LKG-II
1st Assessment– April to August ’2024
2nd Assessment-September to December ’2024
3rd Assessment-January-March’ 2025
The cumulative progress card shows development of the child in different areas with remarks like: Always, Usually, Some time and Needs attention.
SCHEME OF ASSESSMENT CLASS 3 TO 7
For classes 3 to 7 there will be two terms in an academic year.
Term 1 : (6 months) April to September
Term 2 : (6 months) October to March
In various classes, the syllabus will be as per the following scheme:
Class / Grade Classes 3, 4 & 5 - Term 1 - 50% syllabus
Term 2 - 50% syllabus
Class 6 - Term 1 - 50% syllabus
Term 2 - 50% syllabus + 20% syllabus of Term 1 may be taken (topics relevant for the next grade)
Class 7 - Term 1 - 50% syllabus

Term 2 - 50% syllabus + 30% syllabus of Term 1 may be taken (topics relevant for the next grade)

Assessment will be done in two ways and will carry the bellow-mentioned weightage in each term :
• PENPAPER TEST (P. P. T.) - 70%
• INTERNAL ASSESSMENT (I.A.) - 30%
There will be two pen paper tests in each term.
• Term 1 - Periodic Tes t 1
Periodic Test 2 / Half Yearly Exam
• Term 2 - Periodic Test 3
Periodic Test 4 / Annual Exam (Note: PT 2 & 4 may be longer duration and more marks than PT 1 & 3 depending upon the school's discretion)

The term-wise breakup & weightage is as follows :

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT 1 : 30 marks Weightage 30%

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT 2 : 30 marks Weightage 30%
TYPOLOGY OF QUESTIONS:
Very Short Answer type Questions(VSA), Short Answer Type (SA), Long Answer Type (LA), Case Study Based Questions, Lower Order thinking skills (LOTs) and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTs).
Internal Assessment (30 marks) is based on the core competencies in all activities and projects to secure marks in Internal Assessment .
competencies:
In Languages – Listening and Speaking Skill -10 marks; Reading skill -5 marks; Writing and Language Conventions-5 marks; Portfolio -5 marks; project 5 marks.
In other Subjects- Critical Thinking and Evaluation – 5 marks, Problem Solving & Inference -5 marks, Collaboration and creative thinking -5 marks, Value/ Ethical Application of concepts – 5 marks, Project & Viva – 5 marks and Portfolio – 5 marks.
FOR CLASS VIII, IX & X
Scholastic Assessment will be done in two ways and will carry the following weightage in each term:
TERM-1 TERM -2 Weightage
APRIL TO SEPTEMBER OCTOBER TO MARCH
PEN PAPER TESTS
PT 1 & PT 2 – 25 marks each and HALF YEARLY EXAM- 80 marks
PEN PAPER TESTS
PT 3 – 25 marks and ANNUAL EXAM -80 MARKS 80%
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT 1 -20 marks INTERNAL ASSESSMENT 2 -20 marks 20%

Classes IX and X (As per CBSE Pattern)

In the Session 2023-24 , three periodic tests will be taken and Annual Exam at the end of the session from the full syllabus.