The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is planning to initiate a 'Problem Solving Assessment' (CBSE-PSA) for students of classes IX and XI from the second term of the 2012-13 session.
 
Although there is no specific syllabus for CBSE-PSA, it will assess students in the following areas - quantitative reasoning, qualitative reasoning and language conventions.
 
CBSE-PSA, which will be compulsory for students of classes IX and XI, is likely to be conducted during the month of January-February 2013 and carry 90 marks. There will be 60 questions of MCQ type.