CBSE Board to host 28th Edition Of Sahodaya schools conference, launches practice books, item banks

The Central Board of Secondary Education hosted the CBSE Sahodaya School Conference today, November 18, 2022. The theme of the conference is 'Education 4.0-Reinventing Education 2030 and Beyond'. The principals from over 800 CBSE-affiliated schools in the country and abroad, academics and senior officers of the board are participating in this two-day conference which will dwell upon various themes such as community school partnership, schooling versus education, technology for education, artificial intelligence in education, building learning communities, leadership, creative learning and capacity building of teachers.

The inaugural session of the conference began with the address of the CBSE, chairperson, Nidhi Chhibber highlighting the roles and responsibilities of school principals and administrators in realizing the objectives of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and making schools future ready.

As per NEP 2020 recommendations, CBSE has developed a ‘School Quality Assessment



and Assurance (SQAA)’ Framework based on seven domains covering all the aspects of school functioning and can be useful as a tool for accomplishing individual and institutional excellence. Practice books for Science and Mathematics have been developed for students of Class 9 and Class 10 to strengthen skills and apply concepts to real-life situations to draw inferences.

CBSE has designed and developed competency-focused practice questions aligned to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) curriculum in the subjects of English, Mathematics, Science and Social Science for Class 10 students to test their conceptual understanding and applications.

Structured Assessment For Analysing Learning (SAFAL) assessment frameworks for Classes 3, 5 and 8 were also launched today in the subjects of language (English and Hindi), Mathematics, Environmental Studies and Science. These include domains, strands, competencies, and define learning outcomes at various proficiency levels.