Prayagraj : UP Board authorities will set up a special cell named Parakh to overhaul its assessment system in line with the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 and bring greater uniformity in evaluation standards with other boards in the country.
UP Board additional secretary (research) Skand Shukla said: “The cell would organise capacity-building programmes for question paper setters, resource persons, evaluators, teachers and other academic staff.
The cell is expected to influence the assessment and learning practices of more than 1 crore students studying up to Class 12 in over 29,000 schools affiliated with UP Board. The 12-member cell will be headed by UP Board secretary Bhagwati Singh, while the additional secretary (research) will be its nodal officer.
Parakh cell will also work towards adopting the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) according to the requirements of Uttar Pradesh . It will focus on making evaluation more competency-based, transparent and aligned with learning outcomes, while also strengthening the state’s own capacity to conduct assessment-related training and reduce dependence on external agencies. It will function as a nodal platform for coordination between the UP Board, NCERT, SCERT and other academic institutions involved in school education. The deputy secretary (research) has been designated as coordinator. Representatives of the UP Board, SCERT and other academic and education-related institutions will be part of the cell. Officials from SIEMAT, CIEMAT and Samagra Shiksha Madhyamik have also been included.