PERCEPTION OF CHILDREN ABOUT CONTINUOUS AND COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL IN ODISHA

NCF-2005 says, "Each school should evolve a flexible and implementable scheme of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE), primarily for diagnosis, remediation and enhancing of learning" (p.115). Right to Education Act, 2009 in its section-29 (2), clause-h recommended for comprehensive and continuous evaluation of child's understanding of knowledge and his/her ability to apply the same. CCE scheme has already been implemented in our schools. However, whether the real aim of CCE is achieved or not needs to be studied. The investigators conducted a study on the perception of children about the practice of CCE at elementary stage in Odisha. Qualitative survey method was followed for the present study. Target population is restricted to all the elementary schools of four districts of Odisha: Balasore, Cuttack, Dhenkanal and Ganjam. Ten elementary schools were selected randomly from each district. In each school, one FGD with students was conducted. A total of forty FGDs were conducted with students. A guideline for focus group discussion with students was developed and used by the investigators. The data were analysed by using qualitative data analysis techniques. Findings and suggestions are given related to the study.