Government plan : In line with the National Education Policy, PARAKH’s mandate included capacity development, achievement surveys, equivalence of school boards a common assessment standards. – Government plan
A student’s performance — based on both exams and continuing classwork — in Classes 9, 10, and 11 should be counted towards their final marks at the end of Class 12, according to a report recently submitted to the Education Ministry by PARAKH, a unit set up in NCERT last year to standardise assessment by school boards across the country.
In line with the National Education Policy, PARAKH’s mandate included capacity development, achievement surveys, equivalence of school boards a common assessment standards.
After discussions with 32 school boards over the past year, PARAKH has submitted a report to the Education Ministry this month recommending measures to align evaluation of all school boards.
One key recommendation is to include performance from Classes 9, 10, and 11 in the final Class 12 report card, with a weight of 15% for Class 9, 20% for Class 10, 25% for Class 11, and 40% for Class 12.
According to the PARAKH report, evaluation should be a combination of formative assessments (continuous classroom assessments through holistic progress cards, group discussions, projects) and summative assessments (term-end examinations)
The report suggests that in Class 9, 70% of the final score be drawn from formative assessments and 30% from summative assessments. In Class 10, the final score will be based 50% on formative assessments and 50% on summative assessments. For Class 11, it will be 40% formative and 60% summative assessments. In Class 12, the weight for formative assessments will drop to 30% with 70% of the final score based on summative assessments.
Sources said this report will be shared with all school boards for feedback. In fact, the first round of discussions was held last week with authorities of Haryana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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