Nagaland Board of School Education organises workshop on Holistic Progress Card

Asano Sekhose along with resource persons and participants during the workshop on ‘Holistic Progress Card for secondary stage under equivalence of boards’ at Mt. Tabor Retreat House in Kohima.

• DIMAPUR — Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) and Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development (PARAKH), NCERT, New Delhi, conducted a three-day workshop on ‘Holistic Progress Card for secondary stage under equivalence of boards’ from January 22 to the 24th at Mt. Tabor Retreat House in Kohima.
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• AN update from NBSE stated that 108 participants from various institutions including the Directorate of School Education Nagaland, SCERT, DIETs and Samagra Shiksha attended the workshop.
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• In her welcome address, the NBSE chairperson, Asano Sekhose, apprised that NEP 2020 has emphasised a shift in assessment from merely testing knowledge to nurturing overall development of the student capabilities and skills. She encouraged the participants to understand the HPC for successful implementation in the schools.
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• Delivering the keynote address, Prof. Indrani Bhaduri, CEO and head of PARAKH, NCERT, expressed optimism about the commitment of state boards in advancing assessment reforms. She acknowledged the collaborative efforts to implement Holistic Progress Cards at the secondary stage that promote equivalence among state boards.
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• It stated that the workshop focused on Holistic Progress Cards (HPC) at the secondary stage under equivalence of boards.
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• The programme included understanding of PARAKH, Holistic Progress Cards in the light of NEP 2020, NCF-SE 2023, Understanding key definitions of HPC, HPC at foundation stage, Creation of rubrics for assessment, HPC at preparatory stage, HPC at middle stage and HPC at secondary stage.
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• The training was conducted by expert resource persons from PARAKH, NCERT, New Delhi.
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• It mentioned that the overarching goal of the workshop was to empower participants with the skills needed to implement the HPC framework at the secondary level.
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• It stated that participants explored the intricacies of mapping the HPC to curricular goals and competencies as outlined in the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE).
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• The workshop also introduced rubric-based assessment system, featuring three abilities namely awareness, sensitivity and creativity and three performance level descriptors—basic, proficient, and advanced.
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• It added that the innovative approach aims to provide a more nuanced and holistic assessment of student progress, moving beyond rote learning to competency based assessment through group project works, individual research work and classroom interaction at secondary stage.
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• On January 21, NBSE, in collaboration with PARAKH, NCERT, organised a one-day meeting with all the head of institutions on “Establishing equivalence across education board towards empirically grounded guidelines for implementation of NEP 2020,” where the recommendations of PARAKH was shared with the school heads.
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• It further stated that the Board on Friday launched the NBSE Connect app to streamline school operations with secure registration, real time management of conduct of HSLC and HSSLC examination centres, event management and easy report generation for the head of institutions and teachers.