The Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) announced a competency-based assessment framework for science, math, and English. The assessment framework aims to strengthen the existing school education system in India for students in grades 6-10 and improve overall learning outcomes. The British Council and AlphaPlus, the UK knowledge partner, designed and developed this framework after extensive research and analysis of the current model of learning and assessment in Indian schools.
The framework released today is part of the CBSE competency-based education project, which aims to replace the existing red learning model with a competency-based framework as defined in NEP 2020 over the course of two to three years to come.
The framework, according to an official statement, is the basis for a larger project exercise that is currently training 40 assessment designers, 180 test item writers, and 360 master mentor instructors to use the framework to create a question bank and lesson plans.
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In the first phase, some schools from Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas, UT Chandigarh and private schools across the country will participate in the program, which will be expanded to 25,000 CBSE schools in India by 2024. The proposed assessment framework has been implemented. quality of education and implement the recommended changes in the National Education Policy 2020.
At the launch, the Union Minister of Education, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said “The main objective of NEP is to guide the transition towards an educational system that allows our young people to have a better future. Schools play a very important role in educating our youth and I am delighted that this launch has made NEP’s vision a reality. “
“I warmly congratulate the CBSE and British Council teams for working in this direction,” he added.
CBSE President Manoj Ahuja said at the beginning of the framework: “The new National Education Policy 2020 sees a significant change in the educational ecosystem in India. Its goal is to prepare students for the 21st century, with an emphasis on skills-based education rather than training that assesses memorization. “
