The Central Board of Secondary Education has formally junked the continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) scheme for classes VI to IX, being followed in affiliated schools since 2009. Replacing it from the coming academic year (2017-18) is a new format -`uniform system of assessment, examination and report card’ -that aims at standardising teaching and evaluation across schools.
All students will be under a “uniform assessment“ process from Class VI onwards and schools will have to adhere to CBSE’s template, from exams to report cards, which will now bear the logo of the board.
CBSE said schools under its fold have been following various systems of assessment and examination in classes VI to IX. The change is a step linked to the restoration of the Class X board examinations from 2018, said board chairperson R K Chaturvedi. The new format is a “gradually movement towards quality education through standardisation of teaching, assessment, examination and report card“, he said.
Chaturvedi added that uniform standards had become imperative because disparities in the system were creating problems for students whenever they migrated to another school. “With the increase in CBSE affiliated schools from 309 in 1962 to 18,688 at present, a uniform system will ensure easy migration of students within the CBSE schools and also ease their difficulties while seeking admissions in new schools.“
The new report cards for classes VI to VIII will be identical with rows which specify the terms, periodic, notebook, subject enrichment and half yearly yearly marks scored in each subject and the corresponding grades.
It will also have co-scholastic assessment where students will be graded on a 3-point scale.
Source – Times of India – Ahmedabad – 22nd March 2017
