THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL, KUWAIT

CBSE APPOINTS DR.V.BINUMON, AS REGIONAL COORDINATOR AND INDIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL AS THE NODAL CENTRE

Dr .V .Binumon, Principal, ICSK, has been appointed as the Regional Coordinator and The Indian Community School, Kuwait has been selected as the Nodal center for Verification and Analysis of Evidence of Assessments for classes IX-X for Term I, 2015-16.

Effective assessment of students is the key to the success of any education system. With the introduction of series of educational reforms, the Central Board of Secondary Education is deeply committed to ensure fair and effective assessment of its students, which is also feasible, practical and stress free leading to their wholesome personality development. With the purpose to ensure reliability and validity of assessment practices at school level, the Board has over the last few years initiated collection and verification of the 'Evidence of Assessments (EAs)' conducted at school level. These Evidences of Assessments and the marks awarded are verified by the subject evaluators appointed and empanelled by the Board at the Regional level. The subject evaluators would submit their report on these EAs. Their report will help in verifying the school based assessments as well as provide feedback to the Board about implementation of CCE scheme at grass roots level.

In addition to the Regional Office, Delhi, the Board has appointed certain Regional Coordinators in different cities where the schools are required to send the evidences. Dr.V.Binumon has been appointed as a Regional Coordinator and The Indian Community School, Kuwait, of which he is the Principal, has been selected as the Nodal center for the schools in the Gulf region, including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and UAE. He has been entrusted with the responsibility of assessing approximately 30 schools in the region. This is the first time that a task of such magnitude is assigned to a Regional Coordinator and a Nodal center in this region. The Indian Community School, Kuwait, was congratulated by the HRD Minister Smriti Irani for its stupendous results in the Class XII examinations (2014-15). Dr.Binumon had been appointed as a counsellor for Kuwait region as part of the CBSE annual counselling. Further details are available at the CBSE website.