CCE in Class IX for Second Term October 2009 to March 2010

The Central Board of Secondary Education vide Circular No 39 dated 20/09/2009 on Examination Reforms and Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) calls for holistic evaluation of learners by strengthening CCE in Class IX with effect from October 2009. The Class IX students will be assessed through CCE by the school itself.  The strengthened CCE Scheme will be applicable for the second term (October 2009- March 2010) of the current Academic session in Class IX.

The Weightage of Formative Assessment (FA) and Summative Assessment (SA) shall be as follows:

Term	Type of Assessment	Percentage of weightage in Academic session	Term – wise weightage	Total
FIRST TERM (April – Sept.)	Formative Assessment I	10%	Formative Assessment-1+2=20%	Formative =   40% Summative = 60% Total         100%
	Formative Assessment 2	10%
	Summative Assessment 1	20%	Summative Assessment -1=20%
SECOND TERM (Oct. – March)	Formative Assessment 3	10%	Formative Assessment-3+4=20%
	Formative Assessment 4	10%
	Summative Assessment 2	40%	Summative Assessment-2=40%

Note: As the scheme is being introduced from the Second Term for this year, one of the following options may be taken up in schools.

1. Weightage of each Formative Assessment shall be 20% and that of Summative Assessment shall be 60%.

2. Internal Assessment of First Term if done by the school may be reduced to 10% + 10% in case of Formative 1 and Formative 2. Half yearly if conducted may be reduced to 20% (Summative 1 is 20%).

3. The details regarding Examination Structure for the Summative Assessment, the syllabus to be covered for the Second Term and Formative Assessment to be followed are being given in the Annexures for all the subjects. These annexures are available for FREE download at the download section of http://myCBSEguide.com under Syllabus section.