
The decision to change the norms came after the serious discussion held in a meeting of the CBSE exam committee and the board.
The board has hereby released a notification to confirm the same.
According to the notification, the meeting has resolved the norms in making it mandatory for students to appear in Summative Assessments and the percentage of marks required to qualify the assessments with effect from the academic session 2013-14 in class IX and 2014-15 in class X.
The modalities of the new norms are as follows: