The exercise is complex as State boards have to be brought on board for it. The move acquires importance because of a perceived lack of parity in the syllabi of Physics, Chemistry and Maths across boards. There have been reports claiming that the CBSE is already inflating marks of students so that they may compete with students from State boards. To right a perceived lack of parity in syllabi across boardsThe Union government has set the ball rolling on bringing about a convergence in the core syllabi of science subjects and question paper designs across State and central boards. In the CBSE Class XII results, an official said, just 0.9 per cent of the students could cross 95 per cent marks, which is “a very small number”.

Source: The Hindu July 12, 2016 17:48 UTC