The CBSE and NCERT have developed ‘Tamanna’Aptitude Test for senior school students to enable the stakeholders know the aptitude of students of classes 9 and 10.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, have developed ‘Tamanna’ (which stands for Try And Measure Aptitude And Natural Abilities), an Aptitude Test for senior school students to enable the stakeholders know the aptitude of students of classes 9 and 10.
As a collaborative work, according to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, under its aegis this test module has been developed, piloting of the aptitude test was done by the CBSE with 17,000 students studying in classes 9 and 10 through its affiliated schools across different parts of the country.
Students, teachers and parents must keep in mind that the aptitude test provides information related to the strengths of students and there is no pass or fail in this test, the MHRD says.
The test should be taken voluntarily by interested students and must not be used to impose any subject, courses of study or vocations etc. on the students, the ministry says.
“Each student is unique and differs from another. Students vary in terms of their physical characteristics such as height, weight, strength as well as in their psychological attributes like intelligence, aptitude, interest, and personality,” HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said in a document accompanying the module.
“While, one may be outspoken another may be submissive, some may be creative and flexible while others may be precise and specific, some may excel in expressing their views while some others may do well in reasoning with numbers. It is these variations which makes each student unique and sets the base for their behavioural differences in different situations,” he added.
According the document, the CBSE and NCERT followed a very rigorous procedure for the construction of this aptitude test.
Items were developed for seven identified sub-tests i.e. Language Aptitude (LA), Abstract Reasoning (AR), Verbal Reasoning (VR), Mechanical Reasoning (MR), Numerical Aptitude (NA), Spatial Aptitude (SA) and Perceptual Aptitude (PA) along with Technical Manual which gives the details of construction and standardization of the rest, Test Booklet which contains items related to the seven dimensions measured and Guide for Teachers and Parents which consists of the features of the aptitude test, administration and scoring and understanding the meaning of the scores.
To make this appropriate to the Indian context, norms were developed based on data collected from 5491 students tested at 11 different locations in different regions of the country, the document said.
School Principals can download the soft copy (PDF) of the Test Booklet and Manual from the official websites of the CBSE and NCERT.
Check more details on Tamanna here
What is Tamanna?
Tamanna is an aptitude test that aims at helping students of Class 9 and 10 make a better choice of subjects, eventually helping them in making an informed decision while choosing subjects in Class 11 and 12.
In short, the CBSE (Know your aptitude) KYA exam will assess a student’s weaknesses and strengths in academics.
The official statement released by the CBSE reads, “Under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi have developed Tamanna – an Aptitude Test for Senior School Students to enable stakeholders knowing the aptitude of students of classes IX and X”
Know more about CBSE KYA registration process
According to the CBSE circular, the registration process for KYA will begin from January 29, 2020 on its official website – cbse.nic.in
Students can appear for the test using the school’s log-in id on any working day.
Details about use of aptitude test, dimensions measured in the test, construction and standardization of the test, administration and scoring and understanding the meaning of aptitude test scores are available in the test manual, reads the CBSE official statement
CBSE conducted piloting of the test with 17,000 students of Class 9th and 10th across the country.
Note for students and parents: Tamanna provides information about strengths of students and there is no pass or fail in this test.
It should be taken voluntarily by interested students and must not be used to impose any subject, courses of study and/or vocations etc. on the students.