Mathematics and Science teachers are seen attending the
workshop organised by NBSE at AIDA Training Centre, Don Bosco Campus in
Dimapur.
- DIMAPUR — Nagaland
Board of School Education (NBSE), in collaboration with Performance Assessment,
Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development (PARAKH), NCERT, New
Delhi, organised a three-day workshop on "Capacity building for
preparation of cadre of professional paper setters" for Mathematics and
Science teachers at AIDA Training Centre, Don Bosco Campus, Dimapur, from
January 13 to the 15th.
- An update from NBSE chairperson, Asano Sekhose, stated that
a total of 49 Mathematics teachers and 44 Science teachers from Dimapur,
Chümoukedima, Niuland, Peren and Mon districts attended the workshop.
- The resource persons of the first two days were Abhishek
Kariwal, co-founder of Open Door Education, and Kamal Gurnani, Open Door
Education.
- It mentioned that Open Door Education, with its headquarters
in Bengaluru, has been working with various schools across the country,
conducting assessments and helping student deep thinkers by using innovative
approaches to assessment.
- “The NEP 2020 emphasises the importance of moving away from
rote learning and fostering learning through conceptual understanding. A key
step in achieving this shift is the inclusion of Competency-Based Questions
(CBQs) in the curriculum. Unlike traditional questions, CBQs focus on assessing
students' ability to apply their learning in new and unfamiliar contexts,
treating each topic as a skill rather than just a set of information. The
primary goal of these questions is to evaluate whether students can effectively
use their knowledge and skills to solve real-world problems,” Sekhose said.
- Resource persons of the third day were Priyanka Singh and
Vivek Gupta from PARAKH, NCERT, New Delhi. They spoke on "Question paper
standardization."
- Some of the topics covered included ‘The equivalence of
boards report results,’ ‘Characteristics and foundations of a balanced question
paper,’ ‘Steps to develop a balanced question paper,’ ‘Preparation of
assessment design’ and ‘Question paper blueprint.
- It informed that similar programme would be conducted for
another group of teachers from Kohima, Tseminyu, Wokha, Mokokchung and Phek
districts at SIEMAT, SCERT, Kohima, from January 16 to the 18th with the same
resource persons.
