Continuous and Comprehensive evaluation (CCE) in Uttar Pradesh

The state of Uttar Pradesh has been implementing Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) since 2011-12 on pilot basis in the five selected districts of Ghaziabad, Lalitpur, Rae bareilly, Varanasi and Balrampur. The implementation of CCE has its genesis in National Curriculum Framework 2005 and Right to Education Act 2009.

In order to implement RtE-09 Section 22 of State Rules states that the State Council of Educational Research and Training while laying down the curriculum and evaluation procedure, shall prepare guidelines for putting into practice continuous and comprehensive evaluation.

State of Uttar Pradesh has designed a practicable process of CCE where Continuous evaluation means that the teacher’s work should be continuously guided by the child’s response and participation in classroom activities and Comprehensive evaluation implies the assessment of child from a holistic perspectives rather than merely in-terms of a learner of different school subjects, so that aspects such as child’s health, self-image, sensibility, etc. are also perceived in the context of development and growth.

Objectives of CCE Implementation in classrooms are as follows.

·         Reduce stress and anxiety which often builds up during and after the examination.

·         Provide better tools for diagnosis.

·         Make evaluation comprehensive focusing on the co-scholastic aspects.

·         Reduce the dropout rate as it motivate learning in a friendly environment.

State specific objectives of piloting CCE

·         To develop State specific and practicable strategies for CCE

·         To develop a work plan/manual/guideline for teachers to apply CCE in classroom

·         To generate ample number of example for wider understanding of CCE

·         To develop outline of training module for teachers in context of CCE

Implementation of CCE in Uttar Pradesh

For operationalization of CCE that addresses the academic need of the entire state and for its systematic implementation across the state, three phase roll out was chalked out.

First Phase – (2011-12)

A workshop to develop work plan / handbook for CCE was organised involving teachers of 25 different schools from selected 5 districts Ghaziabad, Lalitpur, Rae Bareilly, Varanasi and Balrampur. The developed work plan / handbook was piloted in these 25 schools for 5 months. Regular feedback was taken and on-site support was provided to these 25 schools.

CCE emphasizes that teaching learning process is guided by the child’s response and participation in classroom activities. To ensure this, some formats were developed for teachers to record progress of children and feedback about their teaching process on regular basis. Basically three formats viz, Teachers’ Diary, Child Profile and Child Cumulative Sheet were developed. Teacher had to plan about their teaching processes that they used to write in Teacher’s Diary. Child’s progress on various curricular and Co-curricular areas were recorded in Child Cumulative Sheet. Child profile contains general information about child, and progress on various areas on consolidated basis.

Second Phase – (2012-13)

A workshop was conducted to analyse the feedback received from the teachers and field on CCE implementation and to refine the work plan / handbook on the basis of the feedback. During this workshop the work plan/handbook, training module and implementation process, for field trial in all schools of selected districts were modified as per the feedback and need. Some changes were made in Teachers’ Diary, Child Profile and Child Cumulative Sheet on the basis of feedback received from the teachers and experts.

Training of Master Trainers on modified work plan of CCE was organized which was followed by the teachers’ training on modified work plan of CCE. The modified plan of CCE was implemented in all primary and upper primary schools of 5 districts.

Second Phase Continued (2013-14)

The second phased continued for the year 2013-14 also. Feedback and learning from the field testing received from individual’s /institutions/ organizations and teachers were once again analyzed to moderate the operational plan to establish the efficacy of the CCE framework adopted for assessment in UP.

A core group including eminent educationists, NGOs representatives and teachers was also formed to review the CCE operational plan and strategy on the basis of its implementation in the five pilot districts which has given suggestions to modify the CCE handbook, strategy and operational plan to ensure fulfilling its objective through effective implementation across the states in the third phase.

The operational plan was modified in the light of suggestions given by the Core Group and analysis of pilot in the five districts. It was conducted by academic authority SCERT, UP. Some changes were made in Teachers’ Diary, Child Profile and Child Cumulative Sheet on the basis of feedback received from the teachers and experts. Training of Master Trainers on modified work plan of CCE was organized which was followed by the teachers’ training on modified work plan of CCE

Phase III- (2014-15)

A workshop for Modification of CCE handbook – Feedback and learning from the field testing received from individual’s /institutions/ organizations and teachers has already been analysed  and the process of modifying the operational plan is being done by the academic authority SCERT, UP. Workshop for modification of work plan and deve of Training Module has been conducted. Work plan is in the process of editing before going for teachers’ training. Finalized operational plan will be implemented across all the Primary and Upper Primary Schools of State in 2015-16.

Outcome of CCE Pilot Implementation

·         Workplan for the implementation of CCE has been developed.

·         A guide book for teachers named Satat evam Vyapak Mulyakan ki Parivardhit Ruprekha has been developed to help teachers in its implementation at school level.

·         Various formats for recording a child’s progress has been developed.

·         Training module Satat evam Vyapak Mulyakan ki Satra Yojna has been developed.