CHENNAI: The CBSE’s new Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation system used for the first time this year to grade students was embraced by parents, teachers and students alike, as the Class X results announced on Tuesday proved that CCE had improved the performance of the students.CCE was used to assess both students who took the board examination as well as those who opted for the school-based examination - a step introduced this year. As per the grading system, any student scoring between 91-100 gets the A1 grade and becomes a 10-pointer. Scores between 81-90 fetch an A2 grade or 9 points; 71-80, B1 or 8 points; 61-70, B2 or 7 points; 51-60, C1 or 6 points; 41-50, C2 or 5 points and 33-40, D or 4 points. D is the qualifying grade, and those scoring between 21-32-E1 and 20 and below-E2 will be required to improve their performance.Nandita, another high achiever said, “I opted for the Board based exam because I am planning to shift to a Matriculation school. Most of our classmates are feeling on top of the world with the results. There was no pressure even during the preparations and this does not mean that the syllabus was not challenging. The motivating factor was that we perfected the syllabus and could come out with a good performance.”While 1,36,722 students from the 1,961 schools in Chennai region registered for the Class X examinations, around 89,543 appeared for the Board exams while 47,269 students took the school-based exams. About 1,257 students appeared as private candidates. The results for other regions are still awaited.As the new system does away with ranks, it is the grades that will decide the student’s future, said R Sundaram, Assistant Secretary, Regional Office, CBSE, Chennai region. Under CCE, there will be no first-rankers, instead of which a range of high achievers get top grades. This time, the CBSE had also given Class X students the option of either taking the Board exams or the school-based exams. The CBSE, in fact, encouraged schools to popularise the concept of school-based CCE, in order to take the heat of Board examinations off students. However, since this was the first time that the choice was given, parents were apprehensive, and so most students opted for the Board exams, said Sundaram.In the school-based exam, each individual institution sets the question paper as per the format given by the CBSE, he explained.Speaking about the new approach, P C Selvarani, Principal, SBOA School, Anna Nagar, said, “In Tamil Nadu, most students opt for Matric/State Board, after studying in CBSE schools till Class X. So for students here, the better option seemed the Board exam. However, a majority of the students from both groups have no regrets.”With the CCE system, in fact, most schools saw a rise in toppers. For example, at SBOA school, there were 142 ten-pointers. Of the 687 students who appeared for Class X from the school, 132 went in for the school-based exams, while the rest opted for the Board exams.“While CBSE never had a ranking system, in the earlier approach, marks did play their role. But here there are so many high achievers and it is encouraging for the students. There is no first, second and third, as there are only a range of good performers in the present system,” said Selvarani.Radhika Unni, Vice-Principal of the school, said, “While initially the CCE pattern was marked by much apprehension not just by the parents and students but also by school teachers, at the end of the day, these fears have been dispelled by the good results. Next year, there will be more clarity as more students are expected to go in for the school based exams, “she said.
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