Attitude of Student Teachers towards Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation With Reference To Gender, Caste and Habitat

Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) is the buzz word being in the air since the talks of the examination reforms being given utmost importance as far as the Indian education system is concerned. As rightly quoted by University Education Commission (1948-49) that, “If we are to suggest a single reform in the system of education then it would be that of examination”. The remark was followed by formation of number of committees and commissions with different recommendations for the evaluation system for the Indian education system. All intelligentsia converged to the CCE as an assessment tool for holistic evaluation of the students’ learning. The Faculty of Education and Psychology, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India has adopted the continuous internal assessment system since 1967-68 i.e. from last four decades. The students of the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) program are party to this system and in future, as teachers may be involved in the system. How do they perceive the system? What are their attitudes towards the system? Are the questions that would decide the future course of the system. How do students perceive the evaluation system of Department of Education, MSU? What are the issues and liking of the student towards the evaluation system of Department of Education, MSU? Can we say anything about the impact of different variables like gender, caste and habitat on attitude towards continuous internal assessment? The study attempts to answer the aforesaid