At a daylong workshop organised by Sahodaya School Complex on Saturday, representatives from over 22 schools in the city discussed issues pertaining to students and learning.
At a daylong workshop organised by Sahodaya School Complex (SSC) on Saturday, representatives from over 22 schools in the city discussed issues pertaining to students and learning. The workshop was conducted at Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (Yashada).
‘Sahodaya’, which means ‘rising together’, is a networking concept initiated by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Delhi. Thus, SSC is a group of neighbourhood schools that voluntarily come together to share best practices and innovative strategies in various aspects of education.
The schools that participated in the workshop are members of SSC. Representatives gave presentations on their understanding of the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) scheme and how they have implemented it in their schools. CCE was introduced by CBSE in 2009 with the aim of reducing stress and the need for frequent examinations, but not all schools were able to implement it.
“Every child is unique. If one child is good at mathematics, another may be good at music. Till now, both were being judged on the same parameters, which is unjust. Under CCE, we can help the child develop his/her skills,” said local president of SSC, Nirmala Tambe.
“It is an accepted system in developed countries and is now slowly being adopted in the Indian context, she added.
Treasurer of SSC, Mrunmayee Bhave, said CCE was implemented as a pilot project in a few schools from standard I to V and then for standards IX and X. Later, it was started for standards VI, VII and VIII as well. “Setting up of multiple question sets, so that students of different abilities can solve them is one of the steps we have taken. We also set papers in such a manner that they serve all kinds of students,” said Bhave.
Although issues like dyslexia and slow learning existed earlier, they did not create hurdles because of the strong family support system in our society. But with the rise of nuclear families and single children, these issues have come to the fore, said Tambe.
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