The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has proposed a new assessment model for Class 12. Citing an NCERT report, newswire ANI reported that the model suggests that performances of classes 9, 10, and 11 should be included in the Class 12 board results.
The report, titled ‘Establishing Equivalence across Education Boards’, was released last month, proposing the changes. It involves a progressive assessment approach The new framework divides the academic year into two sessions for classes 10 and 12. As per the report’s recommendations, Class 12 board results should now include marks from classes 9, 10 and 11.
It further states that the weightage of formative and summative marks will be adjusted progressively from Class 9 to Class 12, with greater weightage given to summative assessment as a student progresses to a higher grade. “The weightage of formative and summative marks will be adjusted progressively from Class 9 to Class 12, with greater emphasis given to summative assessment as students progress through the grades,” the report states.
The report mentions that the new assessment model will adopt a comprehensive approach, balancing formative (ongoing) and summative (end-term) assessment methods to provide a holistic view of learners’ progress.
Emphasising on formative and summative assessments with different weightage distribution, the framework suggested, “Specifically, Class 9 has a 7 per cent formative and 30 per cent summative division, Class 10 has a similar 50% Initial and additive divisionAccording to ANI report, Class 11 has a 40 per cent initial and 60 per cent summative distribution, and Class 12 has a 30 per cent initial and 70 per cent summative ratio.
The suggested assessment framework proposes to evaluate the cumulative performance of students over the past years in the final board result of Class 12. It suggests a weightage of 15 per cent for Class 9, 20 per cent for Class 10, 25 per cent for Class 11, and 40 per cent for Class 12.
The proposed two-term split for Classes 10 and 12 will include classroom assessment through HPC, portfolio assessment, self-assessment, peer assessment, teacher observation, group work and laboratory activities. In addition, Term II will include project work, paper presentations with viva voce and group discussions.
