CBSE appoint city coordinators in different cities for schools to send evidences of assessments

Updated on: Thursday, March 14, 2013

CBSE has appointed city coordinators in different cities for schools to send evidences of formative and summative assessments.

CBSE would randomly select schools to submit 'Evidence of Assessments (EAs)'. The EAs to the designated coordinators should comprise of the performance of five students taken from each of the three categories i.e. top, middle and bottom levels of achievements. In other words, the selected school should submitting fifteen evidences of Formative Assessments and 15 evidences of for Summative Assessment II of Classes IX or X applicable to one subject or one class.

"Effective assessment of students is the key to the success of any education system. With the introduction of series of education reforms the Central Board of Secondary Education is deeply committed to ensure fair and effective assessment of its students which is also feasible, practical and stress free leading to their wholesome personality development. Many steps have been undertaken in this direction, such as introduction of grading, issuing uniform certificates to all the students appearing in Class X Examination irrespective of the fact whether they are assessed by the Board or by the School in Summative Assessment‐II (SA‐II) and conduct of Capacity building workshops", the CBSE circular states.
The School Based Assessment has been in operation in all CBSE affiliated schools for classes IX and X. As per the scheme, four Formative Assessments and two Summative Assessments are held in an academic year.

CBSE appoint city coordinators in different cities for schools to send evidences of assessments

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