GO 82 Summative Exams External Evaluations Cancelled. 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. G.O.Ms.No.82 Dated: 06.11.2017. There will not be any more Evaluation of answer scripts of Summative 3 of class VIII and Class IX for weightage, and ther will not be any 10% validation of answer scripts evaluated through external evaluation will be ensured by the DEO from now onwards.
GO 82 Summative Exams External Evaluations Cancelled
Read the following:-
ORDER:
- 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
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. |
- 2. In para 4 (B)(2) (v) Conduct of Common Summative Assessment, the following shall be read as against existing provision:
| For | Read As |
| Under para 4 B (2) (v): 10% validation of answer scripts evaluated through external evaluation will be ensured by the DEO |
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GO 82 Summative Exams External Evaluations Cancelled
