Emilda Josephine

CONTINUOUS COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION Introduction: Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation was formulated by Education Minister, Kapil Sibal to decrease the accumulated stress of board exams on the students and to introduce a more uniform and comprehensive pattern in education for the children all over the nation. CCE helps in improving student’s performance by identifying his/her learning difficulties at regular time intervals right from the beginning of the academic session and employing suitable remedial measures for enhancing their learning performance. The scheme of continuous and comprehensive evaluation has inbuilt flexibility for schools to plan their own academic schedules as per specified guidelines on CCE. New Scheme Of Evaluation As a part of this new system, student's marks will be replaced by grades which will be evaluated through a series of curricular and extra-curricular evaluations along with academics. The aim is to reduce the workload on students and to improve t...

ICT AND BLENDED LEARNING * J.Arun ** H.Emilda Josephine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTRODUCTION We live in an era of Information dominated by Digital Technology. The whole world has shrunk into a Global village. Information is communicated within a fraction of a second. Everyone is compelled to equip himself to suit the needs and demands of the society. In the recent times, technology has a great impact on the life – style of the people. People have accustomed to the rapid changes in the society. There is a dire need to restructure the curriculum to face the challenges in society. Education as confined to the literary terms, originated in the ancient times with the Guru Kula system. Down the ages, there has been a steady growth from the Guru Kula system to the present teaching pedagogy. New methods of teaching have to be introduced in apt with the growing ...

Blended Learning: the need of the day * J.Arun. MA, MA, MSc, MED, PGDCA. ** H. Emilda Josephine. MA, M.Phil, MED,DEC, Introduction Information and communication technology (ICT) has become, one of the basic building blocks of modern society. Many countries now regard understanding ICT and mastering the basic skills and concepts of ICT as part of the core of education, alongside reading, writing and numeracy. One of UNESCO’s overriding aims is to ensure that all countries, both developed and developing, have access to the best educational facilities necessary to prepare young people to play full roles in modern society and to contribute to a knowledge nation. It should also maintain the capacity to advise national governments on the use of technology in schools. In the past, even learning was teacher-centered. Teachers tend to lecture and provide content while students listen, take notes, and are assessed on the prescribed content. School organization provi...