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Grading System

The Ministry of Education has come up with the novel idea of introducing grading system in place of the existing system of marks-based assessment. In other words, instead of marks, students would be given grades as per their performance throughout the academic calendar. This would be done with the help of several formative and summative assessments throughout the year. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the implementation of the grading system in secondary school examination from the year 2010 itself. Subsequently, this system would be implemented in other classes too. It goes without saying that the introduction of grading system in India has happened after much thought. Its aim is to ease the pressure on children and make studies an enjoyable experience for them. In the prevailing system of marks and percentage-based assessment, children are often trapped in the rat race of achieving the highest marks. This takes out the joy of studies and children start viewing exams as a sort of yardstick on which their intelligence would be judged. The fear of not being able to perform well always looms large over their minds. With the introduction of the grading system, all this would come to an end. Children would now be able to concentrate on studies with the sole aim of gaining knowledge and not only for the purpose of scoring well in exams. The grading system will put an end to the unhealthy competition among students for every extra mark. Now, scoring well in school subjects would not be enough as students would also be tested on several other parameters. The grading system will surely improve the standard of education at school level and make learning more enjoyable.

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