ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ AWARENESS, PRACTICE AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO CONTINUOUS AND COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION IN MALWA REGION OF PUNJAB

This research is focused on the elementary school teachers' awareness, practice and problems related to continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) in Malwa region of Punjab. The data were collected from eight schools of the four districts i.e. two schools from each district of Malwa region of Punjab covering 38 elementary school teachers. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample for investigation. A self-constructed questionnaire having 44 items on awareness, practice and problems related to CCE was used for data collection. For analyzing the data collected from the sample, item-wise percentage analysis was done by the investigator. Findings of the study reveal that the majority of the teachers are aware about the pattern of CCE and they consider it helpful for the regular progress of the students. Elementary school teachers evaluate the scholastic aspect of the students in fixed time interval with the use of different types of test items in their school. Majority of teachers conduct the formative and summative assessments as per the scheme but very few teachers reported that they conduct summative assessments occasionally. Sometimes, teachers face implementation related problems of CCE like use of different techniques while evaluating scholastic aspects, distraction from teaching and overburden due to CCE, evaluation of socio-personal skills of students on five-point scale and maintenance of records of the students.