The Board of Directors, Indian Schools Oman in association with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi conducted a webinar on ‘Assessments and Evaluation – Tracking Students’ Progress during the Pandemic’ on Sunday, 13th September 2020.

The resource persons for the virtual event were guest experts from CBSE, Dr. Joseph Emmanuel, Director (Academics) and Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj, Controller of Examinations. Various Principals, Vice Principals, Assistant Vice Principals and teachers of Indian Schools in Oman attended the insightful and interactive session.

The event began with a welcome address by Mr. Vinoba M.P., Senior Principal and Education Advisor to the Board of Directors of Indian Schools, who welcomed the CBSE dignitaries and spoke about the phenomenal measures taken by the Board in upskilling the staff and providing quality remote learning to students during the pandemic period.

In his inaugural message, Dr. Baby Sam Saamuel, Chairman of the Indian School Board thanked CBSE for the support extended to Indian Schools in Oman, especially during Covid-19, through various online sessions for the upskilling of faculty. “This webinar session will no doubt lead us on the way ahead, as we now climb up the ladder in our Covid-response”, Dr. Sam added. He also lauded the resilience and adaptability shown by teachers across Indian Schools in Oman in mastering the skills required to initiate remote learning and said that it has been a constant and continual journey of learning for the staff and students.

The CBSE Officials, Dr. Joseph Emmanuel, Director (Academics) and Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj, Controller of Examinations were introduced to the forum by Mrs. Papri Ghosh, Principal, Indian School Al Ghubra and Dr. Rajeev Kumar Chauhan, Principal, Indian School Muscat respectively.

Dr. Joseph Emmanuel, Director (Academics) – CBSE, in his address, highlighted the salient aspects of the New Education Policy and the positive impact it will have on the educational front in the country. “It will be a transition from content-based learning to competency-based learning and preparing the young generation to take up the challenges of the 21st century without losing the elements of discipline, commitment and hard work that are quintessential of the Indian Education system.” Dr. Emmanuel said.

In his address to the forum, Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj, Controller of Examinations – CBSE, covered the whole gamut of Assessments and Evaluations with specific reference to the ways and means of tracking students’ progress during the prevailing pandemic milieu. Dr. Bhardwaj said that the CBSE Board, India was able to conduct the public examinations and declare the results even during the pandemic period and he thanked the Heads of all CBSE affiliated schools across the world for the support received from them in this regard.

In a Q & A session held as part of the webinar, the CBSE Officials responded to the queries posed to them by the Principals and the teachers. The Q&A session was moderated by Mrs. Sanchitha Verma, Convener of Oman Chapter of CBSE Principals.

The webinar was moderated by Mr. Alex C. Joseph, Assistant Education Advisor and was concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Mr. S.I. Shareef, Principal, Indian School Muladha.