CONTINUOUS COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION

CONTINUOUS COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION

Introduction:
Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation was formulated by former Education Minister, Kapil Sibal to decrease the accumulated stress of board exams on the students and to introduce a more uniform and comprehensive pattern in education for the children all over the nation.
CCE helps in improving student’s performance by identifying his/her learning difficulties at regular time intervals right from the beginning of the academic session and employing suitable remedial measures for enhancing their learning performance.
The scheme of continuous and comprehensive evaluation has inbuilt flexibility for schools to plan their own academic schedules as per specified guidelines on CCE.
New Scheme of Evaluation
As a part of this new system, student's marks will be replaced by grades which will be evaluated through a series of curricular and extra-curricular evaluations along with academics. The aim is to reduce the workload on students and to improve the overall skill and ability of the student by means of evaluation of other activities. Grades are awarded to students based on work experience skills, dexterity, innovation, steadiness, teamwork, public speaking, behavior, etc. to evaluate and present an overall measure of the student's ability. This helps the students who are not good in academics to show their talent in other fields such as arts, humanities, sports, music, athletics, etc. This is a new term to assess all round development of a child, irrespective of individual differences.
Marks And Grades
This also has its own demerits; a child with 92 marks will get the same grade as the child with 99 marks and their talents cannot be recognized by anyone else other than their close ones and with this system students find it difficult to study many chapters because of its so called semester system and engages the student mostly in projects than studying. More than 60% of the students were afraid to take board exams. Though this system might have some drawbacks it instills this value that students need to compete with themselves to get a better grade and not with others. The grading system is- 45.5-50.0=A1 40.5-45.4=A2 35.5-40.4=B1 30.5-35.4=B2 25.5-30.4=C1 20.5-25.4=C2 15.5-20.4=D 10.5-15.4=E1 0.0-10.4=E2
Other Provisions
§ The assessment has been made easy by splitting up the whole year into 2 semesters.
§ After completing a semester, a test called 'SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT' is held by C.B.S.E. directly (90 marks for class IX and 80 marks for class X).
§ According to the notified scheme, every aspect of extra-curricular activities like sports, club activities are given prior importance.
The Certificate of School Based Assessment on Continuous Comprehensive Assessment will be available from the CBSE and the end of Class X. This will be filled up in the school and sent to the concerned RO in CBSE for countersignature. All regular students who have undergone a course of study at the X class of an affiliated school of CBSE shall be issued this certificate with effect from the year 2011.
The assessment for Scholastic and Co-Scholastic areas shall be objective and should indicate the performance of the student in a manner as desired below. The assessment will be recorded at the end of Class X in CCE card. This card has been divided into three parts. Now with effort for October 2009, CCE is being implemented in its strengthened form in class IX in all CBSE affiliated schools. In the session 2010-11, this will be implemented in both classes IX and X.
As far as Certificate of School Based Evaluation in Classes IX & X is concerned, the THREE parts are given below:
PART1
Part 1 consists of the evaluation of Scholastic Attainments which will be reflected both for classes IX & X in this card in the form of Grades and Percentile Rank.
Part 1(A):
1. There will be two terms in both classes IX & X, the first term will be from April – September and the second term from October to March of the subsequent year.
2. Each term will have two Formative and one Summative Assessment.
3. Assessment will be indicated in Grades and Percentile rank.
4. The grading Scale for the Scholastic Domain is a nine point grading Scale given at the back of the card.
PART 1 (B):
1. This will assess students for Work-Experience, Art Education and Physical and Health Education
2. It will be assessed on a five point grading scale
3. Descriptive Indicators are statements used to describe each learner
4. Overall Grade will be given at the end of class IX and class X
PART 2
Part 2 consists of Co-Scholastic Areas where participants are assessed in two parts; 2(A) Life Skills and Attitudes and Values (2B).
Part 2(A):
1. Life Skills: This consists of Thinking Skills, Social Skills and Emotional Skills which will be assessed on a five point grading Scale (given at the back of the card).
Part 2(B):
1. This consists of attitude towards Teachers, Schoolmates, School Programmes and Environment and will be assessed on a three point grading Scale.
2. Value Systems refers to the framework which must be developed right through primary to secondary level. These will be assessed on a three point grading Scale.
PART-3
Part 3 consists of Co-Scholastic areas where in choice in participation and assessment thereof is available. This part consists of two sub parts.
Part 3(A):
1. Literary & Creative skills, scientific skills, Aesthetic Skills and Performing Art and Clubs (Eco, Health and Wellness clubs etc.).
Part 3(B):
Eight different kinds of activities have been provided.
1. Sports/ Indigenous sports (Kho-Kho etc.)
2. NCC / NSS
3. Scouting and Guiding
4. Swimming
5. Gymnastics
6. Yoga
7. First Aid
8. Gardening/Shramdan
The learner needs to be assessed on any two from the first subpart (3A) and any two from second subpart (3B).
GENERAL
Except Life Skills each of these Co-scholastic areas will be assessed on a three point grading Scale.
Assessment of Scholastic attainments 1(A) will be reported once in class IX and once in class X.
Assessment of Scholastic attainments 1(B) will be reported once in class IX and once in class X.
Assessment of Co-Scholastic 2(A) and 2(B) will be reported once in class IX and once in class X.
Assessment of Co-Scholastic 3(A) and 3(B) will be reported once in class IX and once in class X.
The nine point grading scale for measuring Scholastic achievements is reproduced below:
For marks 91-100 grade is A1
For marks 81-90 grade is A2
For marks 71-80 grade is B1
For marks 61-70 grade is B2
For marks 51-60 grade is C1
For marks 41-50 grade is C2
For marks 33-40 grade is D
For marks 21-32 grade is E1
For marks 00-20 grade is E2
Note: All assessment with regard to the academic status of the students shall be done in marks and overall assessment will be given in grades.
The Assessment of Performance in the areas like Work Experience, Art Education and Health & Physical Education will to be done on 5-point scale given at the back of the card. It is A+, A, B+, B and C.