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ON THE FIELD

At ICSE, grading is a joint exercise

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Mumbai: With a 20-mark internal assessment section for mathematics and languages in the SSC and HSC exams this year, the state board has joined the ranks of a number of education boards including the ICSE and CBSE.
However, while there are 20 marks reserved for internal assessment in all subjects for the ICSE, the marks for internals are not left to the school teacher alone. A teacher from the school as well as an external examiner jointly assess a child’s performance for the internal section.
“What’s more, the internal marks for ICSE involve a lot of field work, projects and application,’’ said M P Sharma, principal of G D Somani
High School. The marks rely heavily on project work for subjects such as history, geography and mathematics. For languages, students submit reports with in-depth analysis of the literary portion. “We also take children out on education camps too and the students’ performance at all these is taken into account,’’ said Sharma.
“Internal assessment is a good idea as it benefits students and reduces the workload for them,’’ said Campion School principal Paul Machado.
IB schools too have a 25% internal assessment for a number of subjects including languages. “The marks are given for research and oral commentaries,’’ said Vandana Lulla, principal of Podar International School at Santa Cruz.