CCE Manual VI - VIII - CBSE

School Based Continuous & Comprehensive EvaluationContinuous and Comprehensive Evaluationincorporating both Scholastic and Co-Scholastic aspects of learnersdevelopment• Continuous evaluation spread over the total span of the instructionaltime as an integral built-in aspect of the total teaching-learningprocess• Functional and meaningful declaration of results for effective use byteachers, students, parents and the society• Wider uses of test results for purposes not merely of the assessmentof levels of pupils’ achievements and proficiencies, but mainly fortheir improvement, thorough diagnosis and remedial/enrichmentprogrammes• Improvement in the mechanics of conducting examinations forrealizing a number of other allied purposes• Introduction of concomitant changes in instructional materials andmethodology• Introduction of the semester system• The use of grades in place of marks in determining and declaringthe level of pupil performance and proficiencyThe above goals are relevant for both external examination and evaluationin schools.Its CharacteristicsSchool Based Evaluation has the following characteristics:• Is broader, more comprehensive and continuous than traditionalsystem• Aims primarily to help learners for systematic learning anddevelopment• Takes care of the needs of the learner as responsible citizens of thefuture• Is more transparent, futuristic and provides more scope for associationamong learners, teachers and parents18