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with the objectives: to study the status of implementation of the recommendations
of NCF-2005 on examination reforms, to share examination reform initiatives
undertaken by School Education Boards, to identify few implementable
examination reforms for taking up on priority by State Boards and to strengthen
NCERT linkages with School Education Boards. The Conference was attended
by Chairpersons/Presidents/Secretaries or their representatives of School
Education Boards from eighteen states and the COBSE. In the Conference,
presentations were made by the department on the issues of Overview of
Examination Reforms in the context of NCF-2005, Learning Assessment in the
context of RMSA, and Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation. Brief
presentations were also made on Action Taken by Boards on recommendations
of previous conference held at NIE, New Delhi in 2008. The COBSE made a
presentation on Changing Role of School Education Boards in the Context of
RMSA. It was followed by presentations of School Education Boards of Haryana,
Kerala, Maharashtra, CBSE, Karnataka on examination reforms initiatives they
have undertaken in their respective boards of school education namely, students
evaluation, transparency in examinations, Continuous and Comprehensive
Evaluation and transparency respectively. An interactive session of Boards’
representatives with stakeholders was also organised. NIE departments also
shared their issues and concerns with representatives of Boards. Participants of
the Conference made recommendations for setting quality question papers,
conduct of examinations, post-conduct of examinations, and implementation of
CCE, which boards may take up on priority for implementation.
Implementation of National Talent Search Scheme
National Talent Search Scheme is a flagship activity of NCERT started in the year
1963. The purpose of the scheme is to identify talented students and nurture their
talent. Talent refers to the potentiality that manifests itself in a high level of
performance in one or more specialised areas. It honours and helps talented students
by providing financial assistance in the form of a monthly scholarships and also
conducts nurturance programmes for the selected awardees. Out of 1000
scholarships, 15 per cent scholarships will be reserved for students belonging to
the SC category, 7.5 per cent scholarships for students belonging to the ST category
and 3 per cent for Physically Challenged group of students. The tables indicate the
number of awardees selected in the year 2010 for Class VIII from different states.
State-wise and Category-wise number of Awardees of NCERT-2010
for Class VIII
S.No. States Number of Category
Awardees Gen. SC ST Ph. C
1. Arunachal Pradesh 2 0 0 2 1
2. Assam 13 9 2 2 0
3. Manipur 3 0 0 3 0
4. Meghalaya 1 0 0 1 0
5. Mizoram 2 0 0 2 0
6. Nagaland 1 0 0 1 0
7. Sikkim nil 0 0 0 0
8. Tripura 4 1 2 1 0
Annual Report 2010-11