CCE: AN EVALUATION OF COGNITIVE AND NON- COGNITIVE LEARNING

Education aims at making children capable of becoming responsible, productive and useful members of a society. Knowledge, skills and attitudes are built through learning experiences and opportunities created for learners in school. The aim of education simultaneously reflects the current needs and aspirations of a society as well as its lasting values and human ideals. The main purpose of evaluation is to improve the learners' achievement in scholastic areas and to develop life skills and attitudes with reference to the larger context and canvas of life. In keeping with the above points, reforms in the examination system are often recommended, sometimes discussed and rarely implemented. Introduction of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) is one of such reforms which have undergone a long journey. This paper examines the concept continuous and comprehensive evaluation, its historical perspectives, its need and importance and its features.