September 12, 2013, 1:21 pm
Selecting the best CBSE school for your child will soon become an easy task. As part of a new set of initiatives being introduced to improve the role of students and parents in CBSE stream of education, the board will soon introduce grading system for all affiliated schools.
CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi told TOI that the board had made a decision in this regard on September 4, but the exact date for the rollout of the programme, which will be a continuous process, was yet to be decided.
"At present, parents and students remain confused while selecting a school as there is no existing mechanism that gives a thorough idea about the quality of education one can expect from each school. Our plan is to grade all affiliated schools based on a number of parameters and the grade given to each school would be made available to public for reference. This would prompt all schools to maintain a certain standard and improve their performance as envisaged by the board. It would also give parents and students clarity on the quality of education available in the schools they select," Joshi said.
According to him, all CBSE schools will be graded with respect to their standard in seven important domains or categories, including academics and infrastructure. The schools are expected to score a minimum 15% in each of the categories they are assessed on. Also, the total score of the school should not be below 75%. If any school fails to meet the criteria, it will be given a chance for improvement. But in case it fails to enhance its quality even after it is given three years extension, CBSE would cancel its registration.
"Since the grading will be a continuing process to be carried out once in five years and the rankings would be put on the CBSE website, parents and teachers can monitor the performance of the schools and take appropriate decision in case a particular school of their interest fails to improve for successive years. The future of the students will not be left in the lurch as there will be enough number of good schools where they can seek admission," he said.
Kerala has the largest number of CBSE schools in the country. Of the 14,500 CBSE-affiliated schools in the country, more than 1,000 schools are in Kerala.
Thiruvananthapuram: Selecting the best CBSE School for your kid will soon become an easy task. As part of a new set of initiatives being introduced to improve the role of students and parents in CBSE stream of education, the board will soon introduce grading system for all affiliated schools.
CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi told TOI on Tuesday that the board had made a decision in this regard on fourth of September and the exact date for the roll out of the programme, which will be a continuous process, was yet to be decided.
At present parents and students are feel confused in selecting a school as there is no existing mechanism that gives a thorough idea about the quality of education one can expect from each school. Our plan is to grade all affiliated schools based on a number of parameters and the grade given to each school would be made available to public for reference. This would prompt all schools to keep at a certain standards and improve their performance as envisaged by the board. It would also help parents and students to have a clearer idea about the quality of education available from the schools they select’’, Joshi said.
According to him, all CBSE schools will be graded with respect to their standard in seven important domains or categories, including academics and infrastructure. The schools are expected to score a minimum 15 per cent for each of the categories they are assessed on.
Also the total score of the school should not be below 75 per cent. If any schools fail to meet the criteria, they will be given chance for improvement. But in case any school fails to enhance their quality even after they are given three years extension, CBSE would cancel the registration of such schools.
Since the grading will be a continuing process to be carried out once in five years and the rankings would be put in the CBSE website, parents and teachers can monitor the performance of the school and take appropriate decisions in case the particular school of their interest fails to improve for consecutive years. The future of the students will not be in lurch as there will be enough number of better schools where
they can seek admission’’, he added. Kerala has the largest number of CBSE schools in the country. Of the 14500 CBSE affiliated schools in the country, more than 1000 schools are in Kerala.
