Survey reveals - 98% Teacher's Unclear regarding the purpose of CCE

A recent pan-India survey revealed that 98%teachers in schools do not know the real purpose of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). 

A recent pan-India survey revealed that 98%teachers in schools do not know the real purpose of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). The study conducted over three years polled only teachers in 123 schools, but the numbers strongly hint that there is still a long way to go for proper implementation of CCEin CBSE and ICSE schools.

Ganesh Subramanian, director of the Chrysalis group, that conducted the survey, said, "During our survey, we had detailed questionnaires filled up by 757 teachers and 123 principals. We also had Focussed Group Discussions (FGD) with teachers from 18 different schools. Only 2% teachers mentioned that the purpose of assessment is feedback and improvement, which tells us that the CCE implementation is not heading in the right direction."

This survey was done at CBSE, ICSE and state board schools across India. However, in Maharashtra, only eight CBSE and ICSE schools from Pune and Aurangabad were part of the survey. On Friday, Chrysalis is organizing a seminar for CBSE schoolprincipals, where issues related to CCE will be discussed.

Under CCE, currently applicable only to Std IX and X, a student is evaluated on the basis of six assessments each academic year. There are two summative assessments (SA), which are the traditional pen-paper exams, and four formative assessments (FA), which comprise innovative tests like projects, viva, essay writing etc. The final report card of the student is a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) based on performance in these six assessments. SAs carry 60% weightage while FAs carry 40%.

In Std X. the SA-2 is the only exam which the CBSE conducts directly, meaning it controls only 30% of the total marks a student scores. If the student chooses to exercise the option of appearing for a school-based SA-2, then the board's role is limited to setting the question paper.

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"Write descriptive answers and don't just rely on multiple choice questions” Mulls the CBSE Board. 

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is planning a big systemic change in the months to come.

CBSE chairman Rajesh Chaturvedi said that Class 10 board examinations would be revived from 2018 as there is a growing opinion in its favour. In August, the decision to resurrect the Class 10 boards was mulled over during a meeting between HRD minister Smriti Irani and the Central Advisory Board of Education.“We will not be able to do it in 2017 as time is short but we will certainly like to go ahead with it from 2018 as it has become important in the context of improving quality. In any case, the state boards are continuing with the board exams,” he said.Chaturvedi said the matter of re-introducing the examination would be discussed at the next education ministers’ conference and with the ICSE and state boards under the direction of the ministry of human resource development (MHRD).“Students need to be made to write descriptive answers and not just rely on multiple choice questions,” he added.

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