Conducting Common Summative Assessment to the students from Classes VI to X in A.P.

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GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ABSTRACT

School Education Department – Conducting Common Summative Assessment to

the students from Classes VI to X in all schools in the State of Andhra Pradesh

irrespective of managements – Amendment - Orders - Issued.

SCHOOL EDUCATION (PROG.II) DEPARTMENT

G.O.MS.No. 82 Dated: 06-11-2017

Read the following:-

1. G.O.Ms.No.12, School Education (Prog.II) Dept.,dated 25.02.2016.

2. G.O.Ms.No.20, School Education (Prog.II) Dept., dated 28.03.2016.

3. G.O.Ms.No.32, School Education (Prog.II)Dept., dated 24.05.2016.

4. G.O.Ms.No.105, School Education (Prog.II) Dept., dated: 20.09.2016

5. From the Commissioner of School Education, A.P. Amaravati,

Lr.Rc.No. 105/B/SCERT/2017, dated 04.10.2017

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ORDER:

Government have issued orders to conduct Common Summative

Assessment for the students of classes VI to X in all schools in the State of

Andhra Pradesh irrespective of managements vide G.O. 2nd read above and

subsequently modified vide G.O. 4th read above.

2. In the reference 5th read above, the Commissioner of School Education,

A.P. Amaravati has stated that a State Level Workshop was organized on

29.05.2017 at Vijayawada on the implementation of the Continuation and

Comprehensive Evaluation pattern and other examination reforms and the

related G.Os issued by the Government from time to time. In all about 170

participated in the workshop, including Hon’ble Teacher M.L.Cs, representatives

of Teachers Unions, Professors of NCERT, representatives of other State

S.C.E.R.Ts (i.e., Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), Director, RMSA, SPD SSA,

RJDSEs, DEOs, Principals of DIETs, Principals of CTEs & IASEs, Dy.E.Os,

MEOs, HMs, Teachers, Managements of Private Schools, Citizens and NGOs.

The Workshop highlighted many issues and challenges being faced in

implementing CCE pattern of evaluation and recent G.Os issued for the

betterment of Assessment and Evaluation. Three of the key recommendations of

the Workshop were to conduct only 2 Summative Assessments (as being done in

Telangana, Karnataka and Kerala) instead of three (3), removing weightage for

internal marks of classes VIII and IX in class X; and external evaluation of

Summative Assessments. To implement these three recommendations of the

Workshop, the Commissioner of School Education, A.P. Amaravati has proposed

certain amendments/additions to the related G.Os issued during the 2013, 2015

and 2016 and requested to bring out these amendments into effect from the

current academic year i.e. 2017-18. Hence, she has requested to conduct 2

Summative Assessments instead of 3 Summative Assessments.

3. In the circumstances reported by the Commissioner of School Education,

A.P. Amaravati and keeping in view of the recommendations of the workshop

held on 29.05.2017, after careful examination of the matter, Government have

decided to conduct two Summative Assessments instead of three Summative

Assessments for classes VI to X and accordingly hereby order that wherever the

term three (3) Summative Assessments are occurred in the G.Os 2nd and 4th read

above, shall be read as two Summative Assessments. And, Government also

hereby issue amendment to para 4 B (2) (iv) and (v) of the G.Os 2nd and 4th read

above.

Amendment

1. In para 4 (B)(2) (iv) Conduct of Common Summative Assessment,

the following shall be read as against existing provision:

For	Read As
Under para 4 B (2) (iv) a. Evaluation of answer scripts of the Summative 1, Summative 2, & Summative 3 of classes VI & VII and Summative 1 & 2 of classes VIII to X shall be done at School level.	a. Evaluation of answer scripts of Summative Assessment 1 and Summative Assessment 2 from classes VI to X shall be done at School level. A three (3) Men Mandal level validation committee constituted by District Educational Officer shall visit Schools for verification of validation of answer scripts of Formative Assessments and Summative Assessments twice in a year after completion of S.A.1 and S.A.2 for classes VI to X.
b. Evaluation of answer scripts of Summative 3 of class VIII and Class IX shall be done by external evaluators duly following the jumbling procedure. For giving weightage to Class VIII and Class IX marks in Class X, only externally evaluated marks will be taken into consideration.	b. deleted
c. Further, 5% of answer scripts of all subjects of Summative 1 and Summative 2 will be randomly selected for all schools for classes VI to X and evaluated by the Special Team nominated by the District Educational Officers under the supervision of the Deputy Educational Officers.	c. deleted
d. Observer shall be deployed to ensure that no malpractices take place in the examination. Flying squads can also be deployed by the DEO, if it is required to ensure the sanctity and integrity of summative examination process.	d. Observer shall be deployed to ensure that no malpractices take place in the examination. Flying squads can also be deployed by the DEO, if it is required to ensure the sanctity and integrity of summative examination process.