Critical+review+of+current+Evaluation+practices+and+their+Assumptions+about+learning+and+development

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Evaluation of learners has been a focal issue in schools for a long time.

R.T.E. act has provided provisions for evaluation of students learning and __ has led Govt. agencies to prepare evaluation plans to implement in schools __.

The C.C.E., __ Formative __ and __ Summative __ assessment, __ constructivist learning __ along with various methods and models of teaching are the current evaluation practices undertaken by various schools.

However, current CCE practices need a serious re-examination as they thwart (to prevent sth/sbd from accomplishing something) other curricular reforms and are not framed according to the goals stated in NCF(2005).

§ Concept of CCE is not new to India as it has been in vogue from time immemorial i.e. from the Ramayana and Mahabharata Period which included all aspects of personality development of student.

§ This was the same recommended by Kothari Commission, NPE and NCF.

§ CCE is not fully understood and appreciated by 67% of teachers and 58% teachers oppose the System according to the survey reported in a leading English newspaper.

§ There has been a tendency among the students to present the papers and projects based on the inputs downloaded from internet or copied from friends. § § Average student-teacher ratio is __ 42:1 __, which is much higher than RTE stipulation. § Subjective assessment by teachers is more, than objective assessment. § CCE includes the clause ‘ __ NO FAIL ____ ’ __ policy. If a student is not prepared enough, still he will be promoted to the next class and study which will delimit his overall performance because his basics of the previous class will not be clear. §§ CCE has more emotional attachment rather than practical commencement. §   (by gunja gupta)