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New teams to inspect CBSE schools

Last Updated 13 February 2015, 02:41 IST

The Central Board of Secondary Education has decided to form a team of principals and educators to inspect the affiliated schools across the country to ensure quality education.

They will form a part of the external assessors who will evaluate schools on the basis of infrastructure and academics.

“As a part of School Quality Assessment and Accreditation (SQAA), the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided that human agents performing quality assessments will be part of an external assessment team to ensure quality education,” said the CBSE.

The schools affiliated with the board will be assessed through standardised processes of internal assessment (self-evaluation) and external assessment (peer review), which will encourage sustained qualitative enhancement.

“Since the approach of the external assessors will be standardised and non-threatening, the CBSE will move a step towards achieving the objective of ensuring quality education in schools,” it added.
“While quality assessment plays a vital role in school education everywhere in the world, the CBSE will be forming its core team of human agents to gauge the same.”

The CBSE in its School Quality Assessment and Accreditation (SQAA) Manual has specified that the team carrying out the external evaluation will be called ‘peer assessor team’, which will involve suitably qualified and experienced individuals.

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“The CBSE aims at forming a team of principals, whether working or retired and educators with a hand-on experience and rich insight in the process of school education. This will be the most effective way to improve the quality of education in India,” said Dr Sadhana Parashar, Director (Academics, Research, Training and Innovation) of the CBSE.

To streamline the process of selection of ‘peer assessors’ and enhance transparency, the board has proposed to conduct an online screening test that will include multiple choice questions based on School Quality Assessment and Accreditation (SQAA) Manual.

“This test will lend a hand to appoint cadre of an effective and proficient peer assessors who are well-versed with the CBSE SQAA. Thus will be able to ensure maximum results,” the board said.
DH News Service

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(Published 13 February 2015, 02:41 IST)

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