The Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) mode of teaching which was introduced amidst much hype in schools across Andhra Pradesh, but shelved just before the SSC exams last year, is most likely to re-surface.
A special committee has been constituted to study the feasibility factor, but the move has triggered mixed reactions from students, teachers and academics. Introduced as a dynamic reform aiming to change the face of school education system, the CCE was hailed as ‘need of the hour’ and ‘the best thing to have happened to education sector’.
After a lot of fumbling and floundering over the new exam pattern designed for SSC students, the government reverted back to the old pattern at the last minute for various reasons.
While some said students needed time to adapt to the new system, there were reports of a few students moving the court of law seeking deferment of the proposal.
The accent of the CCE pattern is on ‘formative assessment’ techniques which allow teachers to judge a student’s abilities in various disciplines and award 20 marks internally.
It enables teachers to continuously monitor students’ progress in a non-threatening, supporting environment. “An in-depth study preceded designing of this curriculum which can bring about a positive change in the education sector.
We worked on this pedagogical project for almost five years.
It is an effective learning mode. Based on the exam pattern, teachers can prepare the children,” says Upendra Reddy, Academic Monitoring Incharge of the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) in undivided State.
“We are using the new set of books designed based on the CCE model, but exams are being held in the old pattern.”
P. Murali, former secretary of Common Examination Board and Krishna District Science Officer.
