continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) system lack the zeal of board results
The first batch of class X students pass out based on the
continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) system of the CBSE had mixed feelings
about the assessment scheme. While some students found the system easy
to deal with, others thought that it built up more pressure instead of reducing
it and a few said they missed out the excitement of board results.
The scheme is great and the performances were up to expectations, said Omkar Bhatawdekar,
a student of Jnana Prabodhini Prashala. It was the first year of this system and
there were a few hiccups, but once a few changes are made and the assessment scheme
is planned properly, I’m sure it will be better appreciated. Jainam Shah, a student
of Delhi Public School, said, "The system makes you study every day. We are evaluated
on a daily basis, so it’s not like what we can get by last-minute study. Plus, there
are grades, so it reduces competition and thus the pressure."
Student Manan Arora, however, was of the view that though exam - related pressures
were reduced, there were other pressures. "We have to continuously prepare for some
test or the other, throughout the year, which is stressful. In the case of board
examinations, we get prepared one or two months before the exam. Also, I don’t like
grades, percentages have a greater fascination."
Komal Bodkhe thought the implementation of CCE was abrupt. "We were not prepared
for it and it was largely experimental. The board should have implemented it on
a pilot basis and then launched it completely. The preparation time between the
board exam and the school-based exam was very short. Komal chose the board-based
assessment."
Rakesh Mishra, a student of Kendriya Vidyalaya, said, "I do not like CCE for the
single reason that I do not get the feel of writing the examinations. Most of the
assessment is done by school teachers and the 40 per cent assessment just does not
feel the way it did when we used to write our final exams". Nidhi Rawal, another
student from Kendriya Vidyalaya said, "If there are no percentages, there is no
excitement of knowing the result. I scored 'A' grade today but I was hardly bothered
about the result as I knew I would get this grade. The excitement of knowing the
exact percentage is different."
About CCE : The Central
Board for Secondary Education introduced the continuous and comprehensive evaluation
(CCE) scheme for std IX and X last year. The first batch, after the scheme was introduced,
passed out on Tuesday.
In the CCE scheme, a pen and paper board exam was replaced by a variety of assessment
tools like symposiums, field trips, seminars, debates, role plays, projects and
so on, which were continuous and comprehensive in nature.
The session was divided into four formative assessments (FA) each with a weightage
of 10 per cent and two summative assessments (SA1 and SA2) with a weightage of 20
per cent and 40 per cent respectively.
First Term : FA1(10%) +
FA2 (10%) + SA1 (20%) = 40%.
Second Term : FA3 (10%)
+ FA4 (10%) + SA2 (40%) = 60%.
The absolute marks were replaced by grades; a nine point grading scale was used
for measuring scholastic achievements and a five - point grading scale was used
for measuring co-scholastic achievements of the students.
Students who opted for school-based assessment had to appear for the exam undertaken
by the school. The schools were provided with a set of question papers based on
which the school-based assessment was done.
For students who opted for board-based evaluations, the contemporary method of assessment
was conducted wherein the students chose their examination centre and wrote examinations
as per the set time table.
Courtesy: Times of india
