Meaning and Nature of CCE
Comprehensive evaluation takes care of assessment of all round development of
student’s personality. The purpose of assessment is not only assessing knowledge
of students in a core subject that he/she studies but also assessing his/her
participation in other areas of knowledge such as art and craft education, health
and physical education, peace education, life skills, etc. It covers all the domains of
learning i.e. cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains. It treats evaluation as a
developmental process.
comprehensive evaluation includes assessment of abilities in both scholastic and
co-scholastic areas. A variety of tools and techniques are used for assessing
abilities of students in co-scholastic areas. The tools such as interview,
observation, rating scale, checklists, attitude scales, etc. are used for
comprehensive evaluation of students.
Importance of CCE
It helps the teacher to organize effective teaching strategies.
Continuous evaluation serves to diagnose weaknesses and helps the teacher
ascertain individual learner’s strengths and weaknesses.
It provides immediate feedback to the teacher who can then decide whether a
particular unit or concept needs re-teaching in the whole class or whether a few
individuals are in need of remedial instruction.
It helps children know their strengths and weaknesses and motivates them for
self-learning.
It provides the child a realistic self assessment of how he/she studies and also
helps him/her enhance his/her learning abilities.
It motivates children to develop good study habits and directs their activities
towards the achievement of desired learning goals.
It helps a learner to determine the areas of instruction in which more emphasis is
required.
It helps in identifying changes in attitude and value systems of students.
It helps in making decisions for the future, regarding choice of subjects, courses
and careers.
It provides information /reports on the progress of students in scholastic and co-
scholastic areas and thus helps in predicting future success of learners.
In CCE, teachers can use different kinds of tools to test the abilities of learners in
scholastic and co-scholastic areas.