Parents’ Perception towards Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) at Secondary Schools of Lakhimpur District of Assam

Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) refers to a system of school-based evaluation of students that covers all aspects of students' improvement. It is a developmental process of assessment which emphasizes on two fold objectives. These objectives are continuity in evaluation and assessment of broad based learning and behaviourial outcomes on the other. In this scheme the term `continuous' is meant to emphasize that evaluation of identified aspects of students' `growth and development' is a continuous process rather than an event, built into the total teaching-learning process and spread over the entire span of academic session. It means regularity of assessment, frequency of unit testing, diagnosis of learning gaps, use of corrective measures, retesting and for their self evaluation. The second term `comprehensive' means that the scheme attempts to cover both the scholastic and the co-scholastic aspects of students' growth and development. Major objectives of this study were- i) to find out the perception of parents of the 10th grade students on CCE in Lakhimpur District of Assam; ii) To compare the perception of parents of the 10th grade students on CCE in Lakhimpur District of Assam in relation to Settlement; and ii) to compare the perception of parents of the 10th grade students on CCE in Lakhimpur District of Assam in relation to level of education. In the present study the investigator used Descriptive Cum Survey method of Educational Research in order find out the perception of parents of the 10th grade students on Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) in Lakhimpur District of Assam. from this study it was found that the parents of 10th grade secondary school students had positive perception towards CCE.