Appraisal of continuous and comprehensive evaluation

The main purposes of evaluation is to help the learners improve their achievement in scholastic areas and to develop life skills and attitudes with reference to the larger context and canvas of life. In keeping with the above, reforms in the examination system are often recommended, sometimes discussed and rarely implemented. Introduction of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) is one of such reforms which have undergone a long journey. Although evaluation is done to measure the knowledge and understanding outcomes, the evaluation of non-cognitive aspects like attitudes, appreciation, interests, personal and social qualities of students are seldom carried out evaluation practices carried out in schools are still conventional in their nature and purposes. This article examines the concept continuous and comprehensive evaluation, its historical perspectives, its need and importance, its feature, challenging scenario of evaluation practices in Indian Schools with strategies and plausible solutions for implementation