Under the earlier system, students were evaluated only on small portions of the syllabus

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) new examination format for Std VI to IX has been met with criticism by stakeholders. They fear the new system will bring back rote-learning. While this will reduce teachers' work to a great extent, educators feel students will become complacent as there will be no creativity demanded like it was under the current continuous comprehensive evaluation (CCE).