Proposes 6-hour schooling for Std IX
JULIAN D’ CRUZ
PANJIM: The Goa Board is strongly advocating six hours day school for effective implementation of the Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) scheme for class IX from June 2014, even though the government is yet to take a call on extended school timings for academic year 2014-15. The proposal had earlier been rolled back for 2013-14 academic year.
The CCE which comes into effect for class IX from June 2014, the Board explains, is based on scholastic and co-curricular evaluation which will require between 36 to 39 hours of schooling a week.
“Hence the effective implementation of the CCE will require additional time for academic and co-scholastic areas based on which evaluation would be carried out,” Goa Board Chairman JR Rebello disclosed on CCE implementation of the first time.
While the government had proposed extension of school timings by half hour in the on-going academic year, an exemption had been granted for 2013-14 following a hue and cry from the parents and teachers.
While the Goa Board will be forwarding the CCE proposal to the government for its final consent shortly, that extended school timings, would form a key aspect of the proposal.
According to Rebello, the requirement for a student to be in school for six hours would not necessarily imply total engagement in academic areas but also for co-scholastic areas where evaluation for in-formal methods of education is involved.
The CCE for class IX for this academic year and for class X from 2015-16, according to educationists would imply schooling from Monday to Saturday for six hours (6×6).
The CCE for class IX, however, differs from the CCE for classes I to VIII as far as passing and qualifying for the next class.
The overall performance of the candidate would be based purely on the achievement in both scholastic as well as co-scholastic
subjects and does not advocate the ‘No Fail Policy or Mass Promotion system.’
Rebello said that the CCE report prepared by its committee would shortly be put before its academic council for a few modifications and after an approval would be forwarded to the government.
“Training of personnel for its subject wise core committees and teachers from 368 schools numbering more than 2000 would begin from mid-February,” he said.
