Jun 13 2017
:
The Times of India
(NaviMumbai)
All boards may soon have common core curriculum
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New, Scientific Moderation Policy From 2018
The Union human resource
development ministry will curb the “malpractice of spiking of marks“ and
implement a more scientific moderation policy from 2018.The Delhi high
court had restrained the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
--primarily because of the timing of the latter's decision--from doing
away with its moderation policy this year.
The HRD ministry has set
up an inter-board working group comprising eight boards to work out
details to stop moderation and upward revision of marks. “It could not
hap
pen as planned this year. But we are working things out for all boards
from next year. In fact, all the boards have agreed to stop spiking
marks from next year,“ an official said.
Some boards had raised certain issues at the April 24, 2017 meeting
about implementing moderation of marks this year, but they are in
agreement about 2018, a senior HRD official said. According to the plan,
all boards are to move towards adopting a common core curriculum, the
grace marks policy is to be uploaded on websites, and marks and grades
for extracurricular subjects are to be
given separately .
The plan is also to share question papers (with CBSE) to bring about uniformity in assessment.
In April, 32 school education boards agreed not to moderate marks (for upward revision) this year, but the Delhi high court, acting on a petition, restrained CBSE from implementing it. Meanwhile, some boards have continued the practice of “inflating marks“.
However, the HRD ministry was encouraged by the fact that some boards, like those of Punjab and Karnataka, adhered to the consensus and made an effort. “We have seen that a few boards didn't moderate marks this year and the results reflected that. There are quite a few of them. So that's a start,“ the official said.
IBWG will deliberate regularly and work out a model for all boards to follow.
It has also been decided that CBSE will share question papers with states that use NCERT books “so that there is uniformity across all states in difficulty levels of questions and in the subsequent evaluations“.
“We have a year's time now to plan and initiate wider consultation as the states are already on board.This is crucial if we are to arrest variations in results, which affect students adversely, bring about uniformity in evaluation and improve the quality of education.However, more space should be given to the state boards and their concerns addressed,“ a member of the IBWG said.
Source: Jun 13 2017 : The Times of India (NaviMumbai)
The plan is also to share question papers (with CBSE) to bring about uniformity in assessment.
In April, 32 school education boards agreed not to moderate marks (for upward revision) this year, but the Delhi high court, acting on a petition, restrained CBSE from implementing it. Meanwhile, some boards have continued the practice of “inflating marks“.
However, the HRD ministry was encouraged by the fact that some boards, like those of Punjab and Karnataka, adhered to the consensus and made an effort. “We have seen that a few boards didn't moderate marks this year and the results reflected that. There are quite a few of them. So that's a start,“ the official said.
IBWG will deliberate regularly and work out a model for all boards to follow.
It has also been decided that CBSE will share question papers with states that use NCERT books “so that there is uniformity across all states in difficulty levels of questions and in the subsequent evaluations“.
“We have a year's time now to plan and initiate wider consultation as the states are already on board.This is crucial if we are to arrest variations in results, which affect students adversely, bring about uniformity in evaluation and improve the quality of education.However, more space should be given to the state boards and their concerns addressed,“ a member of the IBWG said.
Source: Jun 13 2017 : The Times of India (NaviMumbai)
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