CCE Manual VI - VIII - CBSE

Continuous and Comprehensive EvaluationContinuous and Comprehensive Evaluation• Continuous evaluation serves to diagnose weaknesses and permitsthe teacher to ascertain an individual learner’s strengths andweaknesses and her needs. It provides immediate feedback to theteacher, who can then decide whether a particular unit or conceptneeds a discussion again in the whole class or whether a fewindividuals are in need of remedial instruction• By continuous evaluation, children can know their strengths andweaknesses. It provides the child a realistic self assessment of howhe/she studies. It can motivate children to develop good studyhabits, to correct errors, and to direct their activities towards theachievement of desired goals. It helps a learner to determine theareas of instruction in where more emphasis is required• Continuous and comprehensive evaluation identifies areas ofaptitude and interest. It helps in identifying changes in attitudesand value systems• It helps in making decisions for the future, regarding choice ofsubjects, courses and careers• It provides information/reports on the progress of students inScholastic and Co-Scholastic areas and thus helps in predictingthe future success of the learnerContinuous evaluation helps in bringing awareness of the achievementto the child, teachers and parents from time to time. They can look intothe probable cause of the fall in performance if any, and may takeremedial measures of instruction in which more emphasis is required.Many times, because of some personal reasons, family problems oradjustment problems, the children start neglecting their studies, resultingin sudden drop in their performance. If the teacher, child and parents donot notice the sudden drop in the performance of the child in academics,it could result in a permanent deficiency in the childs’ learning.The major emphasis of CCE is on the continuous growth of studentsensuring their intellectual, emotional, physical, cultural and socialdevelopment and therefore, it will not be merely limited to assessment oflearner’s scholastic attainments. CCE uses assessment as a means ofmotivating learners to provide feedback and follow up work to improveupon the learning in the classroom and to present a comprehensivepicture of a learner’s profile.10