Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE), in collaboration with the Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development (PARAKH), NCERT, New Delhi, conducted a three-day workshop on the Holistic Progress Card (HPC) for the Secondary Stage under the Equivalence of Boards.
The workshop was held from January 22 to 24 at Mt. Tabor Retreat House, Kohima. The workshop was chaired by Petevino Meyase, Deputy Controller of Examinations, NBSE, and attended by 108 participants from various institutions, including the Directorate of School Education, SCERT, DIETs, and Samagra Shiksha. The program commenced with an invocation, followed by a welcome address by NBSE chairperson Asano Sekhose.
In her address, Sekhose highlighted the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020’s emphasis on shifting assessments from mere knowledge testing to nurturing overall student development.
She urged participants to thoroughly understand the HPC framework to ensure its effective implementation in schools. Prof. Indrani Bhaduri, CEO and Head of PARAKH, NCERT, delivered the keynote address, expressing optimism about the commitment of State Boards to advancing assessment reforms. She emphasized the importance of collaborative efforts in implementing HPCs at the secondary stage to promote equivalence among state boards.
The training was conducted by expert resource persons from PARAKH, NCERT, New Delhi, who equipped participants with the skills needed to implement the HPC framework.
Participants explored the mapping of HPCs to curricular goals and competencies outlined in the NCF-SE. The workshop introduced a rubric-based assessment system featuring three abilities—awareness, sensitivity, and creativity—alongside three performance-level descriptors: basic, proficient, and advanced. The approach aims to move beyond rote learning by promoting competency-based assessments through group projects, individual research, and classroom interactions.
A one-day meeting with Heads of Institutions was also held on January 21, where the report “Establishing Equivalence across Education Boards towards Empirically Grounded Guidelines for Implementation of NEP 2020” was disseminated. Recommendations from PARAKH were shared with school leaders during the meeting.