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Assigning streams: Schools to breathe easy

Vikram.Vinod @timesgroup.com

Kochi: Though most schools are worried about the upcoming annual examination, they are of the view that it would be easier for them to assign streams for Class XI students in the coming academic year.

“Earlier, in the CCE system it was easy for students to get good grades. So, most of them were eligible for the science stream but because of the new system, that will not be the case, as they will be graded purely on their capacity to attend an examination that will test an entire year’s syllabus,” said Father Anthony M, principal of the Sacred Heart School, Kochi.

He added that the main difficulty that science stream students face in Class XI is the inability to deal with the academic pressure.

“Once you are in Class XI, even the system of evaluation would change. Students find it really hard to cope. But now since they will not be evaluated under CCE and would have to write a comprehensive annual exam, they will be better prepared to deal with Class X1 and XII," he added.

Several schools would conduct an additional examination when the CCE system was in place in order to assign streams in Class XI because they felt that the grade assessed by the CCE system was not a sufficient standard of evaluation.

“Another advantage that CBSE students will have with the introduction of the new syllabus is that several state schools were reluctant to take students based on grades received from CCE because they believed that the system was too lax,” said K Unnikrishnan, president of the Confederation of Kerala Sahodaya Complexes.

But he said that CBSE students have a disadvantage when they apply for colleges as their marks in Class X would be lesser when compared to students studying the state schools as the CBSE examination is more “competitive”.

“There are several boards in the country and all have varying degrees of difficulty. In medical and engineering it is fine as they have several competitive examinations to assess the student for the course. But for several degree courses, the eligibility of the student is measured using the Class X and Class XII marks. Introducing a competitive examination in these courses would be ideal,” said Anthony. 

Source: http://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/#

Date : Tue Nov 28 2017