CBSE, New Delhi has issued a moderation policy stating that it will Compensate for misprints or errors in question paper. We at myCBSEguide provide all the required details. You can also visit CBSE official website. The detailed Moderation policy is as under:
MODERATION POLICY OF BOARD’S EXAMINATION
Prior to declaration of results of Senior School Certificate (Class XII) and Secondary School (Class X) the Board adopts the Moderation Policy in the following manner:
a) To compensate the candidates for the difficulties experienced in solving the question in a specified time due to misinterpretation/ambiguity of questions and errors, if any, leading to multiplicity of performance and causing constraints on consumption of time for other questions.
b) To compensate the vagaries and to bring uniformity in the evaluation process.
c) To bring parity on account of element of subjectivity involved in the evaluation process.
d) To level up the mean achievements in the set-wise performance of the candidates attributable to the difference in the difficulty level of different sets of question papers in the multiple sets scheme.
e) To maintain a near parity of pass percentage of the candidates in the current year vis-a-vis preceding years, subject-wise and overall.