Concerns of Parents and Students on implementation of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation
Formative and Summative Assessments

The CBSE had initiated the scheme of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) and Grading System at secondary stage in all schools affiliated to it from the session 2009-10 in Class IX. By and large the scheme has been accepted and implemented whole heartedly by the schools.

However as part of the formal and informal feedback from the parents, students, principals and teachers a few concerns have been raised by a few stakeholders which are recorded below:

1. Too many tests, assignments, projects, homework and review tests (in some schools as many as seven review tests per week) are being taken.

2. The projects are being given to students (to be done at home) which in most cases lead to no real learning as they are either done by siblings/parents or conveniently outsourced to entrepreneurs who have set up shop.

3. The stress on students is increasing due to minute microscopic examination of behaviour which also makes students behave artificially.

4. No real time is being provided to students to play or participate in Co-Scholastic activities

5. There is an element of subjectivity in assessing skills especially the coscholastic skills.

6. Some schools have no Parent Teacher Meeting at all or where it is convened, it remains a few and far between event. Keeping the above facts in mind, the Board once again would like to clarify and reinforce the following points.

The Board vide its circular no 01, 2010 had specifically stated that "the tasks which relate to projects and activities can be done in groups as in-class and school activities and not become an extension of work to be done by siblings or parents".

Further to it, the Board in its circular no. 36, 2010 has given a background to the need of involving and integrating various formative tasks as part of the Formative Assessment.

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WRITTEN TEST FOR THE POST OF CLERKS ON CONTRACT BASIS

Applications on the prescribed format, neatly typed on foolscap paper, duly filled up by the individual are invited from eligible candidates for the 33 posts of Clerks to be filled on Contract basis. The consolidated amount will be paid Rs. 7810/- i.e Pay in pay band + Grade Pay PM (Rs. 5910+1900/- = 7810/- ). The contract appointee will be entitled for increase in contractual amount @Rs 3% of minimum of the pay band + grade pay of the post for further extended years and no other allied benefits such as senior/selection scales etc. will be given.

Posts of Clerks:

Number of Posts: 33 Posts
Note: The Board reserves the right to increase/decrease the No. of posts.

Pay Scale: Rs. 7810/- i.e Pay in pay band + Grade Pay PM (Rs. 5910+1900/- = 7810/- ).

Broad objectives of the Test:

The proposed Proficiency Test is being conducted with the broad objectives of :

• Acting as a benchmark in testing of skills and higher mental abilities of students
• Providing motivation to students for academic excellence in the respective subject
• Providing feedback to students and parents on how well the students have achieved the desired learning objectives.
• Providing feedback to schools on levels of learning of their students and setting goals, priorities and targets in their future educational plan.

Specific objectives:

Some of the specific objectives of the proposed test include assessing students:

• Abilities and skills to apply concepts and principles of the subject to everyday life situations.
• Abilities to apply understanding of concepts to interpret data, diagrams, maps, graph etc.
• Skills to create and devise methods for solving subject related problems.
• Abilities to analyse, synthesise and evaluate a given situation on the basis of learning in the subject.

A proficiency Test measures an individual’s abilities and skills in a domain or subject to know how well he/she has learned, understood and internalised the related concepts and principles. Such a test in language e.g may assess a student’s skills in reading, writing, listening, speaking or vocabulary. Similarly a test in Science may focus on assessing students’ abilities to apply concepts and principles to analyse a given situation, solve a given problem and conduct practical work efficiently. A test in Mathematics may similarly assess problem solving abilities and skills of mathematical thinking, mathematical reasoning and procedural techniques followed by students. Thus, the proposed Proficiency Test will mainly focus on assessing students’ abilities and skills to apply knowledge and understanding of any subject to new and unfamiliar everyday life situations.

The core testing element of such a test will include observing, comparing, classifying, solving, translating, interpreting, analyzing, synthesising, creating, composing, deducing, justifying and judging/evaluating.

About TBI : The 'Tata Building India School Essay Competition' is one of the key initiatives undertaken by the Tata group of companies to motivate the youth of India towards thinking about nation building. This essay competition provides a unique platform to encourage young leaders of tomorrow to express themselves, on a host of subjects related to nation building. Instituted in 2006, as an English language competition in 6 cities with 1 lakh students from class 6 to 12, the competition has now become India's largest essay writing competition. In 2009-10, the competition has attracted over 2 million students in 100 cities across 6 languages. The idea of the competition is very well received by both students and the teaching fraternity reflected by the overwhelming response from participating schools and students. It is the belief of the Tata group of companies that the young minds of the country if ignited positively can bring greater glory to the nation.

As you may be aware, the Tata group of companies has been undertaking a number of initiatives for youth to express their ideas and showcase their talent. One key initiative to inspire young minds towards nation building is the countrywide Tata Building India School Essay Competition for students of class 6 to 12 which has been running successfully in the last four years.

Started in 2006 with 6 cities and 1 lakh students in English language, the competition has grown manifold to become India’s largest school essay competition. With the tremendous response that we have received each year, we are now launching the 5th edition of the competition in the current year 2010-11 and plan to reach nearly 3 million students in over 5000 schools across 8 languages covering around 150 cities. The national winners of previous editions also got the opportunity to meet and interact with the past President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and the current President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Patil and the Vice President Mr. Hamid Ansari in New Delhi.

Doodle 4 Google 2010

At Google we like to have a little bit of fun with our corporate logo by redesigning it from time to time. This Google 'doodle' is a fun way for us to celebrate different events and people. Doodle for Google is a competition where we invite young people to design the Google logo in their very own style based on a different theme.

This Year’s Theme: My Dream for India

This year we’re calling all young doodlers in India to draw their doodle based on the theme - My Dream for India.

We want you to fast forward to the future and capture your image of what you think India will be like 20 years from today.

• A cleaner, greener India
• Freedom from poverty
• Education for all
• The world’s center of technology
• Better roads, futuristic cities

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Physics

(Set-1)

1. S. I. unit of flux is
(A) Ohm
(B) Weber
(C) Tesla
(D) None
2.The relation between geometric length (L _g) and magnetic length ( L_m) is–
(A) L_m=5/6L _g
(B) L_m=6/5L _g
(C) L_m=L _g
(D) L_m=2L _g

3.Reflactic index of glasses and water are3/2 and 4/ 3 respectively for say of light going to water for glan, the critical only will be
(A) sin-1 8/9
(B) sin-1 9/8
(C) sin-1 3/4
(D) sin-1 2/3

4. The modulation Index in amplitude modulation is–
(A) Always zero
(B) Between 0 & 1
(C) Between 1 & ∞
(D) None of these
5.Air bulbla inside water shines due to?
(A) Reflection
(B) Reflution
(C) T.I.R.
(D) None of these
6. When a dielectric in introduced into the gap of a parallel plate capacitor, the capacitance of the capacitor :
(A) Decreases
(B) Increases
(C) Remains same
(D) None of these

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Biology

(Set-1)

1. GM Plants are useful in
(A) increasing crop yield
(B) producing disease resistant plants
(C) increasing drought resistant plants
(D) all of these

2. The theory of Origin of Species by natural selection was proposed by—
(A) Charles Darwin
(B) Lamarck
(C) Ernst Hacckel
(D) Malthu

3.An enzyme used to cut DNA—
(A) Pectinase
(B) Ligase
(C) Restriction endonuclease
(D) Lysozyme

4.What is the position of a tiger in a food cha in shown below ?
(Grass → Deer → Tiger)
(A)Producer
(B) Primary Consumer
(C)Secondary Consumer
(D) Decomposer

5.Replcation of DNA needs
(A)DNA Ligase
(B) DNA Ploymerase
(C) DNA Polymerase and DNA Ligase
(D)Translocase and RNA Polymerase

6.Dudhwa National Park is situated in
(A) Assam
(B) U. P.
(C) Gujarat
(D) West Bengal

7.Seeds of fruits are transformed
(A) Corolla
(B) style
(C) wall of avary
(D) ovule

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Chemistry

(Set-1)

1.The oxidation state of Nickel in [Ni(CO)4] is :
((A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 0
(D) 2

2.If dispersed phase is liquid and dispersion medium is solid, the colloid is known as:-
((A) A Sol
(B) A gel
(C) An emulsion
(D) A foam

3.Which of the following is not a condensation polymer :
((A) Glyptal
(B) Nylon – 6, 6
(C) Dacron
(D) PTFE

4.The reaction of Cl2 with hot NaOH gives
((A) NaCl, NaClO3
(B) NaCl
(C) NaCl, NaOCl
(D) NaClO3

5.The unit of rate constant of First order reaction is
((A) Time -1
(B) Mole liter -1 sec -1
(C) Liter mole -1 sec -1
(D) Liter mole -1 sec

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Mathematics

(Set-1)

1. Derivative of X ^x with respect to x is
(A) x^x (log x + 1)
(B) x / x^x–1
(C) x. x^x
(D) (1 + log x)

2. The radius of a circle is increasing at the rate of 0.7 cm/s. What is the rate of increase of its circumference ?
(A) 2π cm/s
(B) 0.7 π cm/s
(C) 1.7π cm/s
(D) None of these

3. If x = a cos θ, y = b sin θ then find dy/dx =
(A) -b/a* cotθ
(B) 0
(C) b/a* tanθ
(D) -b/a* tanθ

4.ƒ1-sinx/cosx dx =

(A) tan x – sec x + c
(B) None of these
(C) tan x + sec x + c
(D) sec x – tan x + c

5.If E and F are events such that P (E/F) = P (F/E) then
(A) P (E) = P (F)
(B) E = F
(C) E ⊂ F but E ≠ F
(D) E ∩ F = φ

6. If P and Q are symmetric matrices of same order then PQ – QP is a
(A) Zero Matrix
(B) Identity Matrix
(C) Skew-symmetric Matrix
(D) Symmetric Matrix

Indian Army

The Indian Army invites applications from unmarried male who have passed 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics subjects and fulfill the eligibility conditions for the grant of Permanent Commission in the Indian Army.

• Total Posts: 85
• Pay Scale: Rs.15600-39100 plus Grade Pay Rs.5400
• Age: Min 16 years and half & Max 19 and half years
• Qualification: 10+2 (PCM) with 70% marks.
• Physical Standard: Min. height 152 cm and weight 42 kg., better eye 6/6 and worst eye 6/18

Parent Advocates for CCE

The Central Board of Secondary Education would like to initiate training of Parent Advocates to develop a band of qualified parent advocates in CCE. Parents of students studying in schools affiliated to CBSE can apply by submitting the following proforma online. The selected lot of parents will be identified and contacted by the CBSE.

PROFORMA

The qualities that the Board is looking for volunteers who have excellent communication skills in English as well as in Hindi, a keenness to learn and share information with understanding and a belief in the basic principles of CCE which address both the `Continuous’ and `Comprehensive’ aspects of learning, growth and holistic development.

National Informatics Olympiad (NIO)

The Central Board of Secondary Education will be conducting the National Informatics Olympiad in collaboration with the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), Mumbai, across the country and abroad. The examination for the same will be held in two stages. The examination will be open to all the students of classes VIII to XII studying in CBSE schools as well as other Boards in the country.

The first stage examination consisting of the Zonal Informatics Olympiad will be held on Saturday, November 20, 2010 between 10.00 am and 01.00 pm. The examination will be a written examination to test the aptitude of the students, their logical competence, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking.

STAGE 2: The candidates who qualify in the first stage examination as per the norms prescribed by the selection committee will appear in the second stage examination to be held on Saturday, January 22, 2011 which will be based on programming skills.

Selected candidates will be called for intensive training for the final selection of the candidates for the International Olympiad.

The Board is planning to conduct the examination in about 40 centres across the country and abroad. Each of these centres will have a coordinator cum Centre Superintendent who will be responsible for the conduct of the examinations. The list of centres is put up on the CBSE Website: www.cbse.nic.in as well as on the Olympiad website: www.iarcs.org.in. Please select the nearest examination centre from the list given and forward the list of candidates desirous of participating in the first stage examination to the coordinator along with the examination fee as per the enclosed proforma on or before 15th Oct, 2010. (The list of participants and bank draft need not be sent to the CBSE as the centre will be forwarding the list to the CBSE subsequently). The fee for each participant will be Rs. 100/- (Rupees hundred only). A consolidated demand draft for all the participants of your school may be drawn in favour of Secretary, CBSE, Delhi.

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Sociology

(Set-1)

1-Tana Bhagat Movement is associated with:
(A) Backward Caste
(B) Dalit
(C) Tribe
(D) All of the above

2- Who was the chairman of Mandal Commission?
(A) B.P. Mandal
(B) M. L. Mandal
(C) V. P. Mandal
(D) None of the above

3- Which of the following characteristics is not related to Tribal economy?
(A) Profiting
(B) Barter
(C) Subsistence
(D) Division of Labor

4-Which of the following is not a characteristics of tribe?
(A) Collection of families
(B) Common language
(C) Endogamous
(D) Untouchable

5-According to census reports of 2001 the village population of India is approximately:
(A) 56%
(B) 65%
(C) 62%
(D) 80%

6- 'Uncle' comes under which category of Kinship?
(A) Primary
(B) Secondary
(C) Tertiary
(D) None of the above

7-When the New National Population Policy was announced?
(A) 1999
(B) 2000
(C) 2001
(D) 2002

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Sociology

(Set-2)

1- In which state christen population is more than other?
(A) Maharastra
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Karla
(D) Andhra Pradesh

2- Which is the dangerous for Indian society?
(A) Communalism
(B) Regionalism
(C) Casteism
(D) All above

3- Who has said–Caste is closed class.
(A)Max Weber
(B) Maclaver and page
(C) Resley
(D) Majumdar and Madan

4- Which tribal society is matriarchal?
(A) Garo
(B) Munda
(C) Santhal
(D) Not any one

5- Which type of family is suitable for agriculture?
(A) Nuclear Family
(B) Joint Family
(C) Extendent Family
(D) All above

6- Indian National Congress established on:-
(A) 1857
(B) 1905
(C) 1869
(D) 1885

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Psychology

(Set-1)

1. Which factor influences more inaptitude formation ?
(A) Caste
(B) Age
(C) Intelligence
(D) Family

2. The latest system of clarification of Psychological disorder ?
(A) WHO
(B) DSM-III R
(C) DSM-IV
(D) ICD-9

3. Prejudice is a type of ?
(A) Attitude
(B) Instinct) Emotion
(D) Motivation

5. Stress is :
(A) An independent variable
(B) A dependent Variable
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) An intervening variable

6.T.A.T. of Personality measurement is a type of ?
(A) Questionnaire
(B) Self-report inventory
(C) Projective test
(D) Paper-pencil test

7. According to Psychologist the range of average I.Q. is ?
(A) 110-120
(B) 90-110
(C) 105-115
(D) 120-140

8. Which Psychologist defined intelligence as an abstract thinking ?
(A) Munn
(B) Spearman
(C) Terman
(D) Wechsler

CBSE plans aptitude test after Class X Board exam

The Central Board of School Education CBSE has decided to hold an optional “Proficiency test” for the students of Class X in June 2010, said board chairman Vineet Joshi in Lucknow on Thursday. Joshi was at Millennium School in the city to attend a workshop held for CBSE principals who had come from about 60 schools across the state. The workshop is on the new pattern of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE).

Marks dead, CBSE Std X revolution on

Spending hours tracing the evolution of modern India's political landscape may not appeal to many 15-year-olds. But Michelle Oraa Ali, a Class X Sardar Patel Vidyalaya student, who says she usually "hates" studying, "loved" her social science assignment. She traced changes in Indian politics - from the years of undisputed Congress rule to today's coalition era - not through text-books, but veteran cartoonist R K Laxman's works.

Ali is part of the first batch of an estimated one million Class X Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students who don't have to appear for next year's Board examination. Instead, their performance will be evaluated throughout the year, using innovative activities where students are encouraged to experiment and express themselves, along with traditional pen-paper tests - a combination labelled as Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE).

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Political Science

(Set-1)

1. Which one of the following is correctly matched ?
(A) V.P. Singh - U.P.A
(B) Man Mohan Singh - National Front
(C) A.B. Vajpayee - NDA
(D) Indra Kumar Gujral - Left Front

2. Which among the following is NOT an outcome of the disintegration of the USSR ?
(A) End of the ideological war between the USA and USSR
(B) Emergence of Unipolar world order
(C) Birth of CIS
(D) Crisis in the Middle East

3. The currency of European Union is :
(A) Dollar
(B) Rupees
(C) Euro
(D) None of these

4.How many member of the security council have the right to veto ?
(A) 15
(B) 5
(C) 10
(D) 20

5.Which among the following statements is True ?
(A) All the countries in South Asia are democratic
(B) Nepal is a country with a monarchy
(C) SAARC came into existence in 1985
(D) Bhutan is a Republic

6.Who is the Secretary General of the UNO ?
(A) Man Mohan Singh
(B) Ban-Kee-Moon
(C) Barak Obama
(D) Madhav Nepal

Sample Paper Bihar Board Class XII Philosophy

(Set-1)

1. Applied ethics is :
(A) Practical ethics
(B) Metaethics
(C) Normative ethics
(D) All of the above

2. Generally, the entire surrounding of our existence is known as :
(A) Material objects
(B) Energy
(C) Environment
(D) All of the above

3- Mind-body relation is explained by :
(A) Parallelism
(B) Interactions
(C) Pre-established harmony
(D) All the above

4- The theory of innate ideas has been refuted by :
(A) Berkeley
(B) Kant
(C) Locke)
(D) Spinoza

5. Rationalism accepts the—method in acquiring knowledge :
(A) Deductive
(B) Inductive
(C) Both
(D) Neither

6. Epistemological idealism accepts :
(A) Object is independent of the subject
(B) Object is dependent on the subject
(C) Object and subject are neutral
(D) None of the above

7. New realism is connected with which philosophers ?
(A) Moore
(B) Russell
(C) Perry
(D) All of them

8. 'Esse est percipli' is the statement of :
(A) Berkeley
(B) Locke
(C) Kant
(D) Hume