Exams, question papers, and the job around them
For teachers who set the papers. What actually changed in the boards this session, how to build a paper that measures something, and the parts of the work nobody counts.
- Exams
CBSE 2026-27: what actually changed, and what did not
The 2026-27 sample papers are out and Class 10 now has two board exams. Most dates being shared online are last session's. What is verified, September 2026.
- Exams
The rest of the 2026-27 year, for a Tamil Nadu teacher
Quarterlies are done. Half-yearlies land in December, revision tests in January, and the 2027 public exam timetable is not out yet. How to plan papers around it.
- Question papers
Book back or book inside? What each one actually tests
Book back questions tell you who revised. Book inside questions tell you who read the chapter. Most papers need both - and the ratio is the real decision.
- Question papers
Can ChatGPT set your question paper? An honest answer
It writes questions. It has not read your textbook, cannot hold the board's paper structure, and forgets what it gave you. Where it helps and where it costs you.
- Question papers
A question paper is not a list of questions
Parts, marks split, internal choice, order of difficulty, print layout. The structural decisions that make a paper fair - and the ones that quietly make it not.
- Classroom
The Sunday problem
Exam weeks quietly take teachers' weekends, and nobody counts it. What actually eats the hours, and what schools can do about it that is not just working faster.