KOCHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced the newly evolved Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation system with much fanfare across the country but the schools in Kerala are yet to rate the system after collecting inputs from students and teachers. The first batch of students under the CCE has appeared for their Class X exams this year but it looks like the community is still in two minds about the system.As the debate continues on the pluses and minuses of the CCE, Express talks to the people concerned to evince their opinion. "CCE is good but doing away with the public exam will affect the motivation levels of students. Some students will work hard only if there is an exam. In order to bring out the real capacity of all the students, it is better to have the public exam," says CBSE School Managements Association president T P M Ibrahim Khan. But Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vaduthala, principal, Maya Mohan, has a different view. "In the CCE system there are more exams," she says. "But now it is not just academic. Different aspects of the child's performance are assessed by grades, remarks and so on. This will help to enhance the child's self-esteem." The CCE had faced criticism from various quarters as it was seen to be giving a free hand to schools and teachers. "Some teachers do not look at the content of the projects but just at the size and the presentation," says Jubin, a student who went through the system this year. "In India, even the government-approved student-teacher ratio is 35:1, which is too high for teachers to objectively evaluate each student. Teachers will have to put almost twice their time and effort to effectively implement the system," says Ibrahim Khan. However, a cross section of teachers has welcomed it. "Now the satisfaction is more," says Vinitha Mendez, head of English Department, Sacred Hearts Public School. "Students are much more active. The different outdoor and indoor activities make students more interested in the curriculum," she said.
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