All News Paper has one or the other following headline on the cover page:  “No Class 10 board exams in CBSE from 2011: Sibal”  “Class X board to go from 2011”  “Class 10th board would be optional”  “There would be no Class 10 board exams for Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) affiliated schools from 2011”, announced union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal.  Sibal said, “The Class 10 board exams would be optional. Students who wish to evaluate themselves (on the board exam system) could do so on demand”.  The minister told that board exams would be held as usual for this academic year but a grading system would be introduced along with the usual marks-system.  There will be following nine grades:  • A1 (exceptional) with a grade point of 10 and a marks range of 91-100%.  • A2 (excellent) with a grade point of 9 and marks in the range of 81-90%  • B1 (very good) with grade point of 8 and a marks range of 71-80%  • B2 (good) with a grade point of 7 and marks range of 61-70%  • C1 (fair) with grade point of 6 and marks range of 51-60%  • C2 (average) with grade point of 5 and marks range of 41-50%  • D (below average) with 4 grade points and marks range of 33-40%  • E1 (needs improvement) and E2 (unsatisfactory) are the last two grades.  Grading system will be based on continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) will be done in two terms (April-September, October-March). In a year, the school will conduct four formative and two summative assessments. Formative assessment will carry 40% marks and summative assessment 60% marks.  Formative assessment will evaluate and grade class work, homework, assignment and project work. Summative assessment will base on the term-end examination.  What does Educational Reform means to us?  Indian education system is famous for cramming contest and theoretical knowledge. On the other hand this … [Read more...]