CBSE takes initiative to improve CCE system

The CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) has decided to improve its CCE (Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation) system under which it has asked schools to give feedback voluntarily. The school principals and teachers can fill the online form available on its website.

The board has named this survey as the National Scientific Research Study on CCE and is expecting to know improvement areas of CCE. The reforms introduced by the board will be further strengthened during this period.

The latest study aims at understanding teachers’ adoption and acceptance of CCE, know what encourages teachers to opt for CCE, to find out the skills needed by the teachers for applying CCE, study issues faced in the implementation and use of CCE and to set up support structures similar to ICT required for teachers to use CCE.

Such opinion polls will play a very important role as implementation of CCE system had to face huge resistance from schools. CBSE introduced CCE in 2000 for classes 9 and 10, for classes 1 to 4 in 2004 and for 6 to 8 in 2007. During 2009-10 it was further strengthened and revamped along with the implementation of the grading system.

A board official revealed that CCE has not increased the workload rather made the entire more systematic. It has given a structural framework to the activities that were already taking place in schools. Apart from improving the CCE system, the board is also experimenting to meet the regional needs.

Source: the Times of India