National study on CCE scheme launched by CBSE for bringing reforms

Updated on: Monday, November 19, 2012

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has launched a national study on its Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) scheme and has asked school principals to fill in a questionnaire for bringing in reforms to improve it. CCE refers to a system of school-based assessment that covers all aspects of student's development.

Most of the city schools have sought the opinion of teachers and students to fill in the questionnaire. "Teachers have been assigned to talk to the students before filling in the forms and once I receive them, I will discuss the questions with them and then fill in the final form, which will be sent to the CBSE," said the principal of a city school.

"CCE was initially introduced by the CBSE in 2000 for Classes IX-X. The scheme was launched in Classes I-V in 2004 and in Classes VI-VIII in 2007. We are improving the grading system during the ongoing session," says a CBSE note to the schools.

"The objectives of the study are to understand teachers' acceptance and adoption of CCE, what motivates them to adopt the scheme and determine the skills required by them to use it and examine the challenges in its implementation," the note added.

In the questionnaire, principals are asked whether the training materials provided by the CBSE are effective in expressing the objectives of CCE and if it is easy to find specific information from the CCE website. The questionnaire also asks them whether they get timely communication from CBSE about changes regarding CCE.

Further, it looks into the teacher's efforts in implementing CCE. It also looks into school support and incentives in implementing CCE and the attitude of the students towards the method of assessment.

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