Central Board of Secondary Education
Languages
CBSE offers academic subjects in 40 different languages, which are Arabic, Assamese, Bahasa Melayu, Bengali, Bhutia, Bodo, English, French, German, Gujarati, Gurung, Hindi Course-A, Hindi Course-B, Japanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, Lepcha, Limboo, Malayalam, Meitei (Manipuri), Marathi, Mizo, Nepali, Odia, Persian, Punjabi, Rai, Russian, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Spanish, Sherpa, Tamang, Tamil, Tangkhul, Telugu AP, Telugu Telangana, Thai, Tibetan), Urdu Course A and Urdu Course B.
Examinations
Apart from these tests, CBSE also conducts the Central Teacher Eligibility Test and the Class X optional proficiency test. With the addition of NET in 2014, the CBSE became the largest exam-conducting body in the world.
Grading
<table><thead><tr><th>Grade</th><th>Criteria</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>A1</td><td>Top 1/8 of passed students in that subject</td></tr><tr><td>A2</td><td>Next 1/8 of passed students in that subject</td></tr><tr><td>B1</td><td>Next 1/8 of passed students in that subject</td></tr><tr><td>B2</td><td>Next 1/8 of passed students in that subject</td></tr><tr><td>C1</td><td>Next 1/8 of passed students in that subject</td></tr><tr><td>C2</td><td>Next 1/8 of passed students in that subject</td></tr><tr><td>D1</td><td>Next 1/8 of passed students in that subject</td></tr><tr><td>D2</td><td>Last 1/8 of passed students in that subject</td></tr><tr><td>E</td><td>Failed students (in either theory, practical or overall)</td></tr></tbody></table>
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