After cancelling the Maharashtra SSC Board Exam 2021 earlier, the state government has now announced the assessment criteria. As per latest reports, the Maharashtra Education Minister Ms Varsha Gaikwad has told major media channels that assessment of SSC 2021 students will be done on the basis of Class 9 and Class 10 marks. The SSC results are also expected to be released by the end of June 2021.
In light of the ongoing circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the Maharashtra state government earlier cancelled the Class 10 (SSC) board examinations. As per reports, the SSC Board exam 2021 in the state was earlier scheduled to be held from April 28 to May 21, 2021. However, in the greater interest of health and well being of the students, the government decided to cancel the exams this year.
Now, the education minister of the state has announced that “Board exam results for Class 10th will be based on exams conducted in Class 9th and 10th (internal marks). We will try to declare the results by the end of June“.
The assessment criteria will be based on a total weightage of 100 marks. The distribution of marks weightage has also been updated as per the latest reports. Marks of internal assessments conducted in Class 10, marks of practical exams conducted in Class 9 and the marks of Class 9 exam forms the assessment criterion. The marks weightage distribution can be checked below.
| Maharashtra SSC Board 2021 Assessment Criteria | Marks Weightage |
| Class 10 Internal Assessments | 30 |
| Class 9 Practical Exams | 20 |
| Class 9 Exam | 50 |
| Total | 100 |
Evidently, as per the new assessment criterion, the maximum marks weightage is attributed to the Class 9 exams. Based on these three assessment criteria, the result of the SSC Board exams 2021 in Maharashtra will be decided. The state education minister has reportedly announced that “those who are not satisfied with the results can write CET exams later“.
As per latest reports, the CET exam will be held as optional for a total of 100 marks. The exam will be conducted for a duration of 02 hours while the question paper will consist of MCQ type questions only. Such examination will be held as optional only after the COVID-19 pandemic situations have improved. Furthermore, it is also being reported that the evaluation criteria for repeating students, external candidates and those who are attempting few subjects are to be decided in due course of time.
On the other hand, the Class 12 board exams in Maharashtra stands postponed. A decision regarding the same is expected by June 01, 2021.
