CCE Manual VI - VIII - CBSE

Continuous and Comprehensive EvaluationManual for TeachersChapter 6Implications forSchoolsI. Role of TeachersThe examination system is complex. It has to meetthe requirements and expectations of stakeholdersat different levels and perform multiplicity offunctions. The purpose of an examination mayvariously be one of certification, of selection, ofinstitutional accountability, or an instrument of socialchange. More often it is indeed an amalgam ofmany functions. Those who engage in educationalreform must take account of the full range ofstakeholder requirements and ensure that a degreeof coherence in those expectations has beenachieved.Reforms which encourage School Based Assessment,create new pressures of accountability and placegreater reliance on the professional judgement ofteachers. Pedagogies which work in one educationalcontext, perhaps with more generous resourcinglevels and optimum class sizes are not necessarily91