Challenge To Change:

Commitment or Compliance

“Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the track of history to wait for the

train of future to run over him”.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

What is Change?

Change - A bend or turn

Change adjusts and modifies the past to the demands and needs of the present and

lays the foundation of the future.

Who is changing whom?

•Whose idea is the

change?

•Who has to change?

•Who will gain most?

•Who will gain least?

Managing Change

Identify desired change

Change the system

Change the attitudes

Achieve desired change

The Nature of Change

It falls from the above – Compliance Or

It is taking place from within – Commitment.

A Profound ChangeA profound change takes place when inner shifts

in

values, aspiration and behaviour combine with

outer shifts in processes, strategies, practices and

systems.

If an egg is broken from outside a life comes to an end. When that egg breaks from within, a

life is born. Great things always begin from that

power within.

What forces aid change from within?

People do not resist change; people resist

being changed.Richard Beckhard

Identification of stakeholders.

The key role players in sustaining a change.

To make people act and

react in a particular way

towards a particular

direction, it is crucial to

know why they do not

want to do so.

Mental paradigms erect

boundaries and barriers. The

change that fails to fit in

within those paradigms is

rejected and labeled as

irrational, crazy or stupid.

Assumptions and Apprehensions

-Fear of unknown-Stretching out from comfort zone.-Lack of complete information-Unlearning and re-learning the skill set-Threat to expertise

Change in Education

Though there have been reforms in education, but

the reforms concentrated largely on “first-order”

changes – changes that try to make what already

exists more efficient and effective.

Whereas few reforms focused on “second

order” changes – changes designed to alter

the fundamental ways in which schools

operate.

As a whiff of fresh air arrived

Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation System

Gave Smiles

Caused Frowns

Raised Question Marks

A Mixed Reaction Burst

Research Undertaken

HypothesisThe major stakeholders of

education perceive the present educational reforms as an

instrument of positive change in education set up.

Student

Parent

Teacher

SampleA sample of 900 were taken – 300 students of age group (14-16 years) of

grade IX & X students on whom CCE was implemented.AND

Teachers and Parents (300 each).From

A heterogeneous group of urban, semi-urban and rural area.

Survey Conducted At

Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar (urban); Woodland Overseas School, Hoshiarpur (semi-urban); MKD DAV School, Attari, Amritsar and GND DAV Public School, Bhikhiwind (rural) Amritsar.

Questionnaire

1.Do you think Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation is a better tool of evaluation as it evaluates over the entire period of learning rather than three hour examination system?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

2.Do you think the formative assessments motivate students to enhance their performance ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

3.Do you agree that the system lays emphasis on thinking skills and discourages rote learning ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

4.Do you think the system is more subjective as teachers have a great hold on marks ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

5. Do you think grading is better than traditional %age system ? Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

6. Do you agree that students retain what is learnt over a period of time ? Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

7. Do you feel less home work means less learning ? Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

8.Do you think bifurcation in terms does not provide sufficient time for indepth knowledge ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

9 Do you think this system encourages peer learning and team work ? Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

10Do you agree that the system has promoted ICT competency in students ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

11Do you agree that the system encourages research work and self-learning ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

12Do you agree that tomorrow’s India will produce more number of scientists and inventors ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

13Do you think the system reduces stress and depression and will bring a fall in suicide rate ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

14 Do you agree that system will decrease the school drop out rate ? Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

15Do you agree that the non-labeling of ‘fail’ or ‘pass’ has inculcated more self respect in students ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

Questionnaire16.

Do you think this system will help to evolve into a knowledge based and awakened society?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

17.Do you think less competition gives way to complacent behavior in students?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

18.Do you think the system discourages tuition system and encourages self-learning?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

19.Do you think the system inculcates problem solving and independent decision making?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

20.Do you think the system has increased students level of participation in school activities?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

21.Do you think it inculcate tolerance and adaptability to get along well with others as a team ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

22.Do you agree that the evaluation of life skills has discouraged class bullies?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

23. Do you think CCE will inculcate moral values in students ? Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

24.Do you agree that the system will bend the students’ attitude towards vocational education in their career selection ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

25.Do you agree that the system has increased students’ sensitization and participation towards social projects and causes ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

26.Do you think this system will help to groom responsible citizens and better leaders for our country ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

27. Do you think the system will dilute the craze for white collar jobs ? Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

28. Do you agree that CCE will improve the education standard in India ? Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

29.Do you think CCE is transparent as compared to traditional examination system ?

Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

30. Do you think CCE is suitable in the Indian context ? Yes ____ No ____ Can't say___

Data

Data Interpretation &

Analysis

It is apparant –

Major stakeholders of education perceive

Educational Reforms as a positive change

in society.

A vast majority of teachers of urban and

semi urban area are in favour of the

reforms as they have been able to

comprehend and thus implement them

better.

The students and parents stand at a little

gap from the teachers as they still find

clarity and complete information elusive in

these reforms.

CLARITY OF VISION / CONVICTION of master planner

Careful Planning

Implementation

Execution

Communication

Exploration

Dialogue Orientation &

Facilitation

Stability

Internalizing the

change

FEEDBACK

MOTIVATION

STUSTAINABLE CHANGE

ADDRESSING RESISTANCE TO CHANGE

A passive compliance metamorphoses into

a whole hearted commitment

when all the factors of resistance to change

are overcome.

And the challenges dissolve to become

milestones.

A change is not a bolt to be tightened into a place but

a seed to be planted &

to bear more seeds towards the hope of harvesting a

golden yield……