Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation refers to a system of school based assessment that covers all aspects of student’s development.
It emphasizes two fold objectives. Continuity in evaluation and assessment of broad based learning.


CCE helps in -

• Identifying learning progress of students at regular time intervals on small portions of content.
• Employing a variety of remedial measures of teaching based on learning needs and potential of different students.
• Desisting from using negative comments on the learner’s performance.
• Encouraging learning through employment of a variety of teaching aids and techniques.
• Involving learners actively in the learning process.
• Recognizing and encouraging specific abilities of students, who do not excel in academics but perform well in other co-curricular areas.

Important Points :

• CCE will cover the scholastic and co scholastic areas of school education.
• The two types of assessment referred to in the circular are formative and summative. The periodicity of the two types of assessment is four and twice a year respectively.
• Formative Assessment totals to 40% weightage.
• Summative Assessment totals to 60% weightage.
• There are nine grades in Part A of Scholastic assessment and Part B of the same assessment has five grades.

Summative assessment covers non-academic areas like attitudes and skills and there are three grades.