Panchkula (Haryana), Aug 18 - A uniform grading system will be introduced in schools across the country after a consensus is reached among teachers, parents and students, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said here Tuesday.

'For those schools that are up to Class 12 level, we have proposed to scrap the board exams of Class 10 and to introduce a grading system. If a student has to remain in the same school, then he is not required to sit for board exams,' Sibal told reporters on the sidelines of an event.

'If a school is only till Class 10 and the student has to take admission in some other school after that, then he has to give board exams. These exams are necessary so that the new school authorities can judge the past performance of the student before admitting him.