INTEGRATION OF ICT IN SCHOOLS -

CBSE INITIATIVES

DR. SADHANA PARASHAR DIRECTOR (ACADEMICS, RESEARCH, TRAINING & INNOVATION) , CBSE

41 School Boards in India

3 National Boards

• 2 formal education sector

• 1 non formal education sector

CBSE - 14,343 schools in 24 countries (as on

03/07/2013)

CBSE : NATIONAL BOARD

a) Independent Schools - 10718 (74.73%)

b) Govt. Schools - 2013 (14.03%)

c) Kendriya Vidyalayas - 1015 (7.08%)

d) JNV - 583 (4.06%)

e) CTSA - 14 (0.10%)

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209

1128

423

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1794 558

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336 205

360

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551

1101

517

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CBSE SCHOOLS (as on 03.07.2013)

3

106

Andhra Pradesh 360

Arunachal Pradesh 275

Assam 205

Bihar 558

Chhattisgarh 415

Goa 12

Gujarat 273

Haryana 1128

Himachal Pradesh 209

Jammu & Kashmir 115

Jharkhand 336

Karnataka 551

Kerala 1101

Madhya Pradesh 808

Daman & Diu 5

Delhi 1930

Lakshadweep 12

Maharashtra 517

Manipur 59

Meghalaya 23

Mizoram 12

Nagaland 31

Orissa 244

Punjab 910

Rajasthan 676

Sikkim 189

Tamil Nadu 462

Tripura 35

Uttar Pradesh 1794

Uttaranchal 423

West Bengal 205

A&N 108

Chandigarh 152

D&N Haveli 7

Puducherry 14

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SCHOOLS ABROAD (as on 03.07.2013)

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BANGLADESH 01

BAHRAIN 06

BURMA 01

ETHIOPIA 02

IRAN 01

SAUDI

ARABIA 38

KUWAIT 18

LIBYA 02

OMAN 14

NEPAL 14

QATAR 08

TANZANIA 01

NIGERIA 01

THAILAND 01

UGANDA 02

MALAYSIA 03

JAPAN 02

WEST

AFRICA 03

U.S.S.R. 01

YEMEN 01

INDONESIA 01

SINGAPORE 04

UNITED ARAB

EMIRATES 64

Bhubaneshwar Ajmer Allahabad

Delhi Panchkula Guwahati Patna

Chennai

EIGHT REGIONAL OFFICES

THE EDUCATIONAL PARADIGM HAS SHIFTED

CBSE’s PERSPECTIVE

The Board believes that ICT can:

• transform pedagogy

• build new partnerships with communities

• bridge the gap between formal, non-formal and informal education

• motivate and enthuse students

• address individual learners

• provide immediate access to resources

• present information in new ways

• enable students to become capable IT users, information seekers, problem solvers, decision makers, communicators, and producers

• create informed, responsible and global citizens

• promote lifelong learning

ICT ENABLED TEACHING LEARNING AND ICT SUPPORT TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

SECTION - I

CBSE AFFILIATION BYE-LAWS

• One adequately equipped Computer Lab with a minimum of 10 computers or computer student ratio of 1:20 and proper software

• Facility of Broad Band Connectivity

• Fully equipped Science and Maths Labs

• School to develop their own interactive website (affiliation status, details of infrastructure, details of teachers, number of students, address-postal and e-mail, telephone nos. etc.)

• RTE, 2009

Source: CBSE Affiliation Bye-Laws, p. 11,15

CBSE-i AFFILIATION BYE-LAWS

• One adequately equipped Computer Lab with a computer student ratio of 1:1with proper software(s) installed as per ICT curriculum

• Separate computer labs for primary, middle and secondary

• LCD projector for each wing in the school

• Fully equipped Science , Language, Mathematics and Social Science Labs

• Ready access to digital devices (digital cameras and video cameras)

• School to have its own website

• Teachers’ Resource room with educational and learning support software to allow teachers to integrate ICT into lesson presentation

• Assistive technology for special students

Source: CBSE-i Affiliation Bye-Laws, p. 10-12

WEBSITES FOR DISSEMNATING INFORMATION

(www.cbse.nic.in, www.cbseacademic.in)

www.cbse.nic.in

www.cbseacademic.in

WEBSITES FOR DISSEMINATION INFORMATION

www.jeemain.nic.in

www.ctet.nic.in

www.cbseneet.nic.in

INTERACT WITH CHAIRMAN

• All the stakeholders of the Board can submit their queries directly to the Chairman, CBSE through the CBSE website.

Interact with Chairman

CCE ONLINE AND OFFLINE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• CBSE has empaneled some agencies to provide Electronic Content, Animations, Assessments and Co - Scholastic Activities through computer to all schools affiliated to CBSE for Classes I to X.

• The online mode of this system will be available for free to Govt. Schools.

CCE LEARNING MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM

FORMATIVE, SUMMATIVE

AND CO-SCHOLASTIC

ASSESSMENTS TEACHER’S

CORNER (INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGIES)

DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS

QUESTION BANK, AUTO-GENERATION OF QUESTION

PAPERS

FEEDBACK CORNER

DIGITAL CONTENT

(Interactive 2D and 3D

animations, Live lectures, Virtual

labs and Simulations)

ACADEMIC TOOLS (Grade Book, Syllabus Meter, Notes

Manager, Query

Session)

MOBILE ENABLED

CBSE-i

• Separate, fully furnished digital classrooms.

• Equipped with Computers/Laptops, LCDs, Smart Boards and Projectors.

• As there are no text books in CBSE-i, the entire content is available online.

• Teachers and students can access the portal using their login id and can access curriculum documents, e-books and learning material.

• CBSE also organizes regular audio - conferencing sessions with CBSE-i affiliated schools.

www.cbse-international.com

ONLINE EXAMINATIONS

JEE-MAIN: • The first JEE-MAIN (Joint Entrance

Engineering Examination) was successfully conducted for admission to the undergraduate programme in engineering in the academic session 2013-14 in both offline and online modes.

• More than 1.54 lakh candidates appeared in the online exam.

• Online Practice Test was also provided to the students for hands on experience of JEE(Main)-2013.

ONLINE EXAMINATIONS

PAT (Performance Analysis Test): • An online, multiple choice examination conducted by the Board for

CBSE-i affiliated schools.

ON SCREEN MARKING

• The Board introduced ‘On Screen Marking’ (OSM) - Computer based Scanning and Marking of Answer Sheets in Delhi as a Pilot Project for candidates appearing in Class-X Board-based examination.

• This will help a great deal in improving the quality of evaluation process and make it more transparent and accurate.

INTEGRATED TEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• To provide standardized question papers of equivalent difficulty level based on blueprint provided to CBSE affiliated schools throughout India.

• Question paper randomly generated out of question bank prepared by CBSE.

(https://www.cbseitms.in).

ONLINE LABS FOR SCHOOL EXPERIMENTS (OLabs)

• An e-Learning project developed by CDAC, Mumbai and Amrita University, Kerala and is based on the concept of virtual learning environment.

• Works on web environment and provides experience in online practical science experiments for the students of classes IX and X, to enhance their understanding of experimentation concepts.

www.olabs.co.in

DEVELOPING NETWORK OF TEACHERS AND OTHER PRACTITIONERS

SECTION - II

SAHODAYA SCHOOL COMPLEXES

• A concept literally meaning ‘rising together’

• Came into existence in 1986, to facilitate synergy of ideas among the schools of CBSE, for excellence in education

• A group of neighbourhood schools voluntarily coming to share their innovative practices in all aspects of school education including curriculum design, evaluation, and pedagogy and also providing support services for teachers and students

• www.sahodayaschools.org: Portal where the websites of all the Sahodaya School Complexes have been hyperlinked

• The quality of teachers has a direct bearing on the quality of education. Therefore the training programmes for teachers and principals to enhance their understanding of curriculum and delivery mechanism and other professional qualities are of paramount importance.

• The training can happen through the cascade mode wherein master trainers and mentors can be trained to ensure the benefits of these programmes to percolate down to all the teachers and students in the schools.

• The Board has planned a nation-wide training calendar for the training workshops for CCE and FA for the year 2013-14. The Calendar has been uploaded on the CBSE Academic website.

TRAINING PROGRAMMES IMPROVING STANDARDS OF EDUCATION

TRAINING PROGRAMMES IMPROVING STANDARDS OF EDUCATION

• Induction programmes for the principals of newly affiliated schools

• Training programmes on the use of the Formative Assessment manuals

• Mentoring & monitoring training programmes

• Capacity Building programmes for the teachers in collaboration with

various private agencies in PPP mode

• Strategic Leadership and Management Training programmes in

collaboration with various management institutes like IIM, IIFT, ETMA,

NUEPA and also by CBSE

• Parents Advocacy programmes

MENTORING AND MONITORING CORNER

WEBPAGE AFTER LOGIN FOR MENTOR SCHOOLS

38

WEBPAGE FOR MENTEE SCHOOLS

39

ORACLE TRAINING

• CBSE in collaboration with Oracle Academy is offering a free training programme to all its CBSE affiliated school teachers.

• The training in the first rollout offers the following:

– Java Fundamentals Institute for “Master Trainers” identified from each CBSE region in the virtual and in class training format. The Master Trainers will help deliver future trainings for CBSE.

– Java Fundamentals Institute for “Computer Science” teachers in the virtual and in class training format.

– Alice workshops for Master Trainers of all the subjects.

– Java Fundamentals Institute for “Computer Science teachers” of “CBSE International Schools” in a virtual and Live virtual Classroom (LVC*) Training format.

• All of these training programmes will have special focus on formative assessment activities as per CCE.

ASSESSMENT OF SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS

• ASL has been introduced in English at Secondary and Senior Secondary levels (Classes IX and XI) from the academic session 2012-13.

• The ASL ‘Pilot Project’ was delivered to 112 schools in Delhi and surrounding areas from February 18th - March 8th, 2013 by 64 oral examiners (OEs) who assessed the speaking and communication skills of approximately 25,000 candidates from Classes IX and XI.

• Total of 104 oral examiners trained by the Trinity.

• The candidates’ listening skills were also assessed by way of a pen and paper exam administered by teachers and using a digital recording of the texts.

ANALYSIS OF EVIDENCES OF ASSESSMENT

• The Board has in the last few years initiated random collection and verification of the ‘Evidence of Assessments (EAs)’ conducted at school level under Formative, Summative and Co-Scholastic assessments.

• An online system was developed by the Board:

– To facilitate the work with more efficiency and effectiveness

– To provide schools with an updated information on the status of the evidences sent by them

– To provide a timely feedback report on their assessment practices

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LAUNCH OF HERITAGE PORTAL

• Heritage Portal (heritage.cbseacademic.in), a microsite on the CBSE website was launched on 29th October, 2012

• Objectives:- – To create a dynamic subject which

can emerge as a link program between social and natural sciences.

– To provide a rich online cultural resource for teachers and young children through active learning and doing.

• Four domains- Built Heritage, Natural Heritage, Performing Arts and Arts and Crafts.

BUILT HERITAGE NATURAL HERITAGE

PERFORMING ARTS ARTS AND CRAFTS

WAVES OF CHANGE

• Launch of Waves of Change and conferment of 1st National School Sanitation Awards to top 156 schools (under Green, Blue and Yellow schools) that had come forward to get their online school sanitation rating (www.schoolsanitation.com) on 28th Nov, 2012.

www.schoolsanitation.com

CBSE ON YouTube (www.youtube.com/cbsechannel)

• More than 200 Videos (short films, role plays, talks, discussions, debates, presentations or other such activities) sent by the affiliated schools have been uploaded on the CBSE Channel on the following themes:

– Health & Wellness

– Gender Sensitivity

– Community Outreach

– Life Skills

– Values Education

– Heritage

– Disaster Management

– Social Issues

– Environmental Issues & Concerns

– Innovative Teaching Learning Methodologies

CBSE ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER

DEVELOPING INFORMATION SYSTEM AND DATA FLOW

SECTION - III

e - AFFILIATION

• Online application form for:

– affiliation or switch over upto secondary level

– upgradation or switch over to senior secondary level

– approval of middle class syllabus

– additional subjects, in case of already CBSE affiliated Senior Secondary schools

– extension of provisional affiliation upto Secondary / Senior Secondary level

• Even file processing upto the level of the Chairman is done online.

ONLINE REGISTRATION

• All schools can register their students online for classes IX – XII.

• Student Registration : Schools register their students of classes IX and XI through online system.

– No. of students registered for 2015 Board Examination:

• Class IX: 13.85 lakh

• Class XI: 10.71 lakh

• Online List of Candidates : Schools submit the list of candidates (Classes X and XII) appearing for the Board Examination.

– No. of candidates for 2014 Board Examination:

• Class X: 13.08 lakh

• Class XII: 8.60 lakh

RESULT DATA COLLECTION

• The Board collects assessment data electronically from all the schools.

• A software is provided for all schools to download List of Candidates with Roll No registered from school; compile and upload term wise the following details in respect of each candidate under Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) Scheme:

– Marks in Scholastic Areas (Academic Performance) in 5 main subjects and an additional subject

– Grades in Co-Scholastic Areas (Life skills, Work Education, Visual and Performing Arts, Attitude and Values and Co-Scholastic Activities)

• For the academic year 2011-13, the Board collected assessment data of nearly 13.08 lakh candidates of Cass X.

RESULT DATA COLLECTION

E-ACCREDITATION

CBSE has come out with guidelines for

continuous accreditation of its

affiliated schools and the work flow and

the information regarding the project

has been incorporated into the public

accreditation portal.

THE ROAD AHEAD

• Online Teacher Training facility

• Online Training modules for teachers

• Authentic interactive video course on CCE (to be developed in collaboration with ETMA Gurgaon) to fill in the void of uniformity and quality assurance in training on CCE.

IF WE TEACH TODAY AS WE TAUGHT YESTERDAY, WE ROB OUR CHILDREN

OF TOMORROW... John Dewey