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Unit 21: Problems of Secondary Education...

• Information and Communication Technology: Experience is said to be a great teacher. This Notes
experience may be gained by the learner through direct and indirect means. Direct access to
the source for gaining first-hand experience is neither always possible nor desirable.
Consequently, most of our learning is based on second-hand experience in the form of
information received by us about the object, places, persons, ideas or event. This information
provides a base for our knowledge and understanding about them and the environment
surrounding them. For this purpose, the learner must be able to learn the art of getting
information, store and make its use as and when desired.
• Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE): Secondary education is the turning point
for a large majority of students. Not only the certificate one earns after schooling but also the
actual learning during schooling is the lifelong resource. Along with building dynamism in
curricular framework as well as instructional processes, evaluation must undergo major
changes.
• Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) formulated CCE (Continuous and
Comprehensive Evaluation) method for its students from Class I to X in the year 2009 and
started implementing the same in a phased manner. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangethan, a Central
Government Body which runs schools all over India under CBSE curriculum introduced
from Class III to X from the academic session 2010-11.
• Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation refers to a system of school based assessment
that covers all aspects of student's development.
• Grading System: The examinations provide an essential yard stick to judge the quality of
students. They play an important role in the education system.
• Grading is a method of communicating measurements of student achievement by using a set
of symbols that ought to be clearly defined and understood by all concerned i.e. students,
teachers, parents and all other stake holders. In grading, subjects are classified on the basis
of pre-defined standards. It is of utmost significance that the meaning of each grading symbol
is clearly spelt out.
The different grading systems in use are:
• Direct Grading
• Indirect Grading - Absolute Grading
- Relative Grading
• Advantages of Grading are:
• It will minimize misclassification of students on the basis of unreliable marks
• It will eliminate unhealthy cut-throat competition among high achievers.
• It will be a greater relief to low achievers when the system of declaring pass/ fail is abolished.
Failure in a single stroke examination should not convey the message that a student is a
failure in life and thus affect self esteem.

21.7 Keywords

• Recommendations : an official suggestion about the best thing to do
• Province : one of the areas that some countries are divided into with town local
government
• Vocational : connected with the skill to do particular job
• Councelling : professional advice about a problem

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