CBSE 10th Result 2020: 5 New Terms You Should Know About

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is going to declare the much-awaited class 10th result 2020 on June 15, 2020. As a welcome move amidst all the negatively happening across the globe, the CBSE board has omitted the word ‘Fail’ from the mark sheet of the students. CBSE has decided to remove the words like ‘fail’ and ‘compartmental’ from class 10th, 12th mark sheets to reduce the mental burden on the students.

Board exam results are anyway more stressful and when on the mark sheet it is printed ‘FAIL’ or ‘COMPARTMENTAL’, it put a lasting impact on the mental health of the students. Hence, to lessen the burden of the students from these ruthless words, CBSE board on February decided to replace them with more apt words. The mark sheet and scorecard for CBSE class 10th and 12th will have a few new and few old abbreviations like RT, RW, RL, P, C, etc. 

What is the meaning of RT? It stands for Repeat Theory. To be declared as qualified, students need to pass both theory and practical exams. If in the mark sheet, it RT is specified then a student will need to appear for the theory paper during the compartment exam. However, for class 10th exam, they will be passed based on the cumulative score in theory and practical, this abbreviation would not be available on CBSE class 10th mark sheet.

What is the meaning of RW? This stands for Result withheld. This may happen due to any reason like technical error, use of unfair means, etc. Clarity regarding declaration of the result of the subject would be shared with the student in a separate communication.

Whats does RL means? This is a new abbreviation which has been added in CBSE mark sheet. It means ‘Results Later’. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, this year, the board had to cancel a few papers of class 10th and 12th. For such papers, the evaluation criteria had released. For class 12th, the board could not declare result fo 400 students and their result will be announced later for these subjects.

What does XXXX means? This is a new abbreviation introduced in CBSE mark sheet which stands for ‘Improvement’. It is essentially for those students who appeared for 6 subjects and failed in one subject. It is not mandatory to appear for the improvement exam and students are considered ‘Pass’ in the board examination. Such students can appear for the improvement in the next year’s board examination as private candidates, however, it is not compulsory and a choice which can be made by the student.

What is the meaning of COMP? Students who did not score the minimum passing criteria in one subject are placed in ‘Compartment’.

What does ER stand for? This year, ‘Fail’ word has been removed with ER which stands for Essential Re-appear. Those who are given ER are required to appear for CBSE board exams for all the subjects.

Other than these, the mark sheet for CBSE board exams consists of few other abbreviations like ABST which stands for Absent, NE which stands for Not Eligible, UFM stands for Unfair means, SJD means Subjudice and NR stands for Not Registered.

The marksheet for CBSE 10th, 12th exam 2020 is released at Digilocker. To download it, visit the website at digilocker.gov.in and then on the homepage of the website, click on the link which says ‘CBSE’. Next, click on relevant class mark sheet which you want to download by logging in using Mobile / Aadhaar / Username.