CBSE all set to implement the mentoring and monitoring programme

Updated on: Thursday, June 28, 2012

The state’s CBSE schools, which number around 1,000, will soon benefit from a new system that aims at bringing uniformity in teaching standards.

The main aim is to give a leg-up to those in rural areas that are perceived to be ‘weak’. After successful trials, the Central Board of Secondary Education is all set to implement the mentoring and monitoring programme in a big way.

In the first stage, 105 principals have been selected as mentors, each of whom will be assigned three to six schools in their neighbourhood.

The mentors will visit the assigned schools and evaluate various aspects. They will then take necessary steps, and may even exchange resources including teachers.

“Besides mentors, the programme will ensure that teachers and student leaders implement the Continuous and Compre-hensive Evaluation (CCE) system.

For instance, they will monitor how many students submitted how many projects. Already 600 teachers have been trained,” former additional solicitor general and chairman of Kerala Federation of CBSE/ICSE Schools, T.P.M. Ibrahim Khan, said.

Vineet Joshi, chairman of CBSE, along with other top officials, recently came to Kochi to lead a workshop on the programme. The chairman outlined the board’s plans to implement the programme in the state, especially in northern parts including Kozhikode.

“At the second stage, master mentors will be selected from these mentors at a workshop to be held in Chennai. They will be in charge of a cluster of schools, which will periodically submit online progress reports.

The purpose is to raise the standard of CBSE schools in interior and rural areas and to ensure availability of study materials and quality instructors to them,” Mr Khan said.

Mentoring schools are being identified based on location and the school’s relations with the ones required to be monitored.

In case the mentee schools have a concern regarding the mentor schools chosen by the board, they can approach the board, which will then review the process.

“We’ve started visiting schools. Basically the idea is to share the resources and attain a uniform quality standard. We’ve prepared a list of standards regarding the teaching process, CCE activities and holistic development of students,” said Saroja Sahadevan, one of the mentors.

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