Madurai state board schools getting ready for CCE

Updated on: Monday, May 28, 2012

Schools in Madurai district are gearing up for a revolutionary change in the whole system of teaching-learning process.

with schools set to be opened in a few days after summer holidays, going to school will no longer be a burden or stress for children, thanks to the State Government's introduction of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) to usher in ‘learning without burden' in State Board schools.

With this new system coming in to vogue from academic year 2012-13 for classes I to VIII, there is going to be a sea-change in schooling. Carrying of heavy-weight school bags by children, examination pressure, memory-based examinations and undue importance to marks will be a thing of the past.

S. Nagaraja Murugan, Chief Educational Officer, Madurai district,said, “The new system of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation in schools which was announced by our Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is going to bring a revolutionary change in school education. Children need not carry a load of books to school everyday because of the trimester system to be followed by schools. It will be just one or two books hereafter.”

A series of awareness and training programmes are being conducted for headmasters of high schools and higher secondary schools in the district besides subject teachers from all schools.

Already, the Chief Educational Officers of districts and the District Educational Officers have undergone training.

On Thursday, a training session was conducted for high school headmasters and it will be followed by training for HMs of higher secondary schools on Friday. Subject teachers will have training on May 27 and 28.

“Examinations will no longer be based on memory and vomiting whatever is in mind. It is going to be grading system from now on. CCE covers all aspects of student development,” Dr. Nagaraja Murugan said. The new system will have formative assessment and summative assessment.

Through formative assessment, there will be a process to continuously monitor student progress in a non-threatening and supportive environment.
One textbook

“For classes I to V, each term will have only one textbook and for classes VI to VIII, there will be two books. Notebooks also will be small in size,” he explained.

There will be more classroom activities and the teaching-learning methodology will change.

Grading system comes in and learning progress of students will be tested at regular intervals in small portions of content.

“Tension and competition will be replaced by a relaxed school environment. Understanding of the subject, creative ability and student's attitude gets attention rather than just marks alone,” the CEO said.

Madurai state board schools getting ready for CCE

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