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31/08/22 17:45 PM IST

Government proposes new regulator to promote ‘uniformity’ in all board exams

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  • The Union government intends to create a "benchmark framework" for evaluating students of secondary and upper secondary in order to promote "uniformity" among state and central boards.
Objectives of PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) (a constituent unit of NCERT):
  • Holding periodic learning outcome tests like the National Achievement Survey (NAS) and State Achievement Surveys.
  • Set norms, standards and guidelines for student assessment and evaluation for all recognised school boards in India
  • Encourage and help school boards to shift their assessment patterns towards meeting the skill requirements of the 21st century.
  • Tackle the problem of students of some state boards being at a disadvantage during college admissions as compared to their peers in CBSE schools.
  • Develop and implement “technical standards for the design, conduct, analysis and reporting” of tests at all levels of school education
PARAKH 
  • PARAKH, the proposed implementing agency is also part of the NEP 2020 proposal.
  • It is also one of the components of World Banks’ sponsored STARS Project (to improve the quality and governance of school education in Indian states)
  • Presently, different state and central boards follow different standards of evaluation, leading to wide disparities in scores and confusion among universities to set admission criteria.
Source- Indian Express

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