COBSE or " the Council of Boards of School education in India" is the apex association of all the Boards of school education in India. All states of India have at least one Board of school education dealing with secondary and senior secondary education, examination and prescription of curriculum and teaching - learning materials. Since education in India is on the concurrent list, the state as well as central government is responsible for the management of school education in India. This is why COBSE has been set up as the central and nodal agency to ensure the collaboration of boards for improvement in the quality of school education.
COBSE ensures this collaboration through a number of means. For one, it provides a platform for mutual consultation. It organizes periodic meetings of the board officials from all over the country. It also provides academic support to member boards for maintenance and improvement of educational standards through curriculum - planning, developing curriculum, teaching – learning material, evaluation etc.
COBSE is headed by a president with a general secretary as its chief executive. It has six zonal chapters, viz. central, western, southern, northern and north eastern. For carrying out its functions COBSE works in close cooperation with the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the government of India.
Speaking on the occasion the HRD Minister Sri Brishen Patel said that the hunger for education has been ignited in Bihar and now it was for the Boards and the government to provide the facilities.
During this session nine teachers and three district education officers (of Nalanda, Patna and Muzaffarpur distrits) were honoured for their efficient performance. The awardee teachers at the secondary level included Bindu Kumari (Katihar), Nirmala Mishra (Sitamarhi), Meena Kumar (West Champran), Satyendra Narayan. At the primary level Ramchandra Choudhary (Bhagalpur), Dileep Kumar (Sitamarhi), Parvati Sinha (Sitamarhi) and Mahendra Narain (Jehanabad) received the honours. In the special category, the award went to Vijay Kumar Singh of Deaf and Dumb School, Gayaghat Patna. Three district education officers were also awarded for collecting maximum amount for the welfare scheme. They included Satyendra Bhushan of nalanda, Kiran Kumari of Patna and Radha Krishna Singh Yadav of Muzaffarpur.
The Chief Minister also gave a cheque of Rs. 50,000 to four government school students, who made it to the Indian Institute of Technology. The four included Saroj Kumar of Darbhanga, Suman Kumar of Nalanda, Satyajeet Kumar Nalanda and Devashish Verma of Lakhisarai. 25 students who passed the Bihar School Examination Board 10th examination and were recipients of merit scholarship were felicitated on the occasion.
During this inaugural session, the education commissioner Dr. M. M. Jha welcomed the guests and outlined the agenda of the conference while the chairman of Bihar Intermediate Council Mr. Girish Shankar proposed the vote of thanks.
He also said that the CBSE will introduce its new grading system from the 2008 10th examinations. It will however, be introduced for Class IX this year. The new grading system is aimed at reflecting a holistic assessment of the students, and not just his marks in terms of aggregate.
He said the new grading system, based on a scale of nine categories, was more reliable, easy to understand and would cause less stress and strain to the students. He admitted that 5-7 per cent error in appraisal would always be there in any kind of grading mechanism.
It is a shining example of what spread of quality education can do for a state. He also said that spread of quality school education should not be considered solely the responsibility of state but private school should also make responsible contribution to this end. The professional skills of teachers should be strengthened continually and a sense of commitment toward students, society and their own profession should be inculcated in them.
Prof. Dave also emphasized the need for the optimum utilization of major innovations in the fiels of education including internet, EDUSAT, video conferencing apart from the use of videos CDs and DVDs etc. These innovations said he, have generated rich and varied learning resources that are available at one's doorstep.
Mr. Dave said the country should plan and implement universalisation of the entire spectrum of school education in order to enhance the socio-economic and cultural progress coupled with equity and social justice by 2020.
Prof. D.S. Mule gave details of the COBSE package for integration of AE with secondary school curriculum. It consists of several booklets each with a specific purpose.
In the afternoon session the work plan for the year 2007 was put forth in detail. Thereafter presentations were made by the six participating Boards (M.P., Karnataka, Gujrat, Madarsah and Assam Board & Council).
Adolescence education programme is a joint partnership programme of the government of India, National Aids Control Organisation, state department of education, SACS and UNICEF. All secondary and senior secondary schools are to be covered by this programme. Its objectives are to:-
(i) provide accurate age appropriate information to young people in school on adolescence and growing up.
(ii) make available basic facts on HIV/AIDS transmission and methods of prevention.
(iii) reinforce existing positive behaviour and instill life skills that enable young people to protect themselves.
(iv) develop and encourage a positive attitude towards HIV/AIDS and those living with HIV/AIDS.
The conference concluded in the evening with a declaration termed "Patna Declaration". At the end of the Programme Dr. B.N.Jha, Secretary, Bihar School Examination Boards thanked everyone and expressed his appreciation of the fact that delegates of all Boards participated in the conference.
COBSE ensures this collaboration through a number of means. For one, it provides a platform for mutual consultation. It organizes periodic meetings of the board officials from all over the country. It also provides academic support to member boards for maintenance and improvement of educational standards through curriculum - planning, developing curriculum, teaching – learning material, evaluation etc.
COBSE is headed by a president with a general secretary as its chief executive. It has six zonal chapters, viz. central, western, southern, northern and north eastern. For carrying out its functions COBSE works in close cooperation with the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the government of India.
The Annual Conference held at Patna
On 29th & 30th November 2006, the Annual Conference of COBSE was hosted by the Human Resource Development Department, Government of Bihar. It had been decided beforehand that against the backdrop of the government resolve to universalize secondary education, the conference would devote itself to reviewing the Amrik Singh Report (submitted to the government in 1997). The role and structure of the Boards/Councils of school education would also be reviewed in the light of this report. The Conference was held in Patna on 29th & 30th November. The venue was L.N. Mishra Institute of Business Management. It was being held in Patna after a gap of 33 years.The inaugural session of the conference
The conference was inaugurated by the Hon'ble chief Minister of Bihar on the 29th November 2006. Which addressing the august gathering of chairpersons and senior executives of member boards and other eminent persons in the field of education, he expressed the hope that the conference would help provide the right direction to the process of development and improvement of school education. The CM said that the Common School System should be implemented by the center in order to ensure quality and non-discriminatory education to all. Bihar, said he, is the first state to have constituted a commission on common school system and the government was not only concerned about education, but also conscious about it. There cannot be two standards of education as it abets class differentiation. It has to be holistic and egalitarian. He also exhorted the center to launch Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan Phase II and increase plan allocation on education to six percent of the GDP. He also announced the merger of Bihar School Examination Board and the Intermediate Council of Education.Speaking on the occasion the HRD Minister Sri Brishen Patel said that the hunger for education has been ignited in Bihar and now it was for the Boards and the government to provide the facilities.
During this session nine teachers and three district education officers (of Nalanda, Patna and Muzaffarpur distrits) were honoured for their efficient performance. The awardee teachers at the secondary level included Bindu Kumari (Katihar), Nirmala Mishra (Sitamarhi), Meena Kumar (West Champran), Satyendra Narayan. At the primary level Ramchandra Choudhary (Bhagalpur), Dileep Kumar (Sitamarhi), Parvati Sinha (Sitamarhi) and Mahendra Narain (Jehanabad) received the honours. In the special category, the award went to Vijay Kumar Singh of Deaf and Dumb School, Gayaghat Patna. Three district education officers were also awarded for collecting maximum amount for the welfare scheme. They included Satyendra Bhushan of nalanda, Kiran Kumari of Patna and Radha Krishna Singh Yadav of Muzaffarpur.
The Chief Minister also gave a cheque of Rs. 50,000 to four government school students, who made it to the Indian Institute of Technology. The four included Saroj Kumar of Darbhanga, Suman Kumar of Nalanda, Satyajeet Kumar Nalanda and Devashish Verma of Lakhisarai. 25 students who passed the Bihar School Examination Board 10th examination and were recipients of merit scholarship were felicitated on the occasion.
During this inaugural session, the education commissioner Dr. M. M. Jha welcomed the guests and outlined the agenda of the conference while the chairman of Bihar Intermediate Council Mr. Girish Shankar proposed the vote of thanks.
Address delivered by Sri Ashok Ganguli
The inaugural session was addressed among others by Sri Ashok Ganguli who is the chairman of both CBSE and COBSE. He laid stress upon a need for introspection on the part of both central and state secondary education boards. Only then, said he, we will be able to make any progress towards the achievement of the aim of quality education for all. He said that it was worrisome indeed that in India we have only 150 school days whereas in china 260 school days are mandatory for the students. He praised the effort of Bihar government for bringing about change and improvement in the dismal scenario of education in the state.He also said that the CBSE will introduce its new grading system from the 2008 10th examinations. It will however, be introduced for Class IX this year. The new grading system is aimed at reflecting a holistic assessment of the students, and not just his marks in terms of aggregate.
He said the new grading system, based on a scale of nine categories, was more reliable, easy to understand and would cause less stress and strain to the students. He admitted that 5-7 per cent error in appraisal would always be there in any kind of grading mechanism.
The Keynote address by Prof. R. H. Dave
Prof. R.H.Dave – eminent educationist and former director of UNESCO International Institute of Education, Germany, discussed the objectives of the conference. He discussed the right to school education and the role of schools against the cultural and economic background of India and Bihar in particular. He also put forth an analysis of a survey conducted on school education in 40 developed countries. As a very special case he took up the example of South Korea, which fell Under, the extremely backward category 40 years ago. Today 97% of the population there, in the 25 to 30 year age group has a sound school education Consequently today South Korea stands amidst the most developed nations of the world.It is a shining example of what spread of quality education can do for a state. He also said that spread of quality school education should not be considered solely the responsibility of state but private school should also make responsible contribution to this end. The professional skills of teachers should be strengthened continually and a sense of commitment toward students, society and their own profession should be inculcated in them.
Prof. Dave also emphasized the need for the optimum utilization of major innovations in the fiels of education including internet, EDUSAT, video conferencing apart from the use of videos CDs and DVDs etc. These innovations said he, have generated rich and varied learning resources that are available at one's doorstep.
Mr. Dave said the country should plan and implement universalisation of the entire spectrum of school education in order to enhance the socio-economic and cultural progress coupled with equity and social justice by 2020.
The Second and Concluding day of the Conference
On 30th November 2006, One Day National Advocacy Meeting was held in relation to the COBSE Programme on adolescence education. During the opening session Prof D.V. Sharma, Project Director of Adolescence. Education Programme and General Secretary of COBSE, introduced the theme of adolescence education and dwelt at length upon it. Sri Puran Chand, project coordinator of the programme also threw light on the implementation of the programme. During the advocacy session, strategies for integration of Adolescence Education with secondary school curriculum were discussed.Prof. D.S. Mule gave details of the COBSE package for integration of AE with secondary school curriculum. It consists of several booklets each with a specific purpose.
In the afternoon session the work plan for the year 2007 was put forth in detail. Thereafter presentations were made by the six participating Boards (M.P., Karnataka, Gujrat, Madarsah and Assam Board & Council).
Adolescence education programme is a joint partnership programme of the government of India, National Aids Control Organisation, state department of education, SACS and UNICEF. All secondary and senior secondary schools are to be covered by this programme. Its objectives are to:-
(i) provide accurate age appropriate information to young people in school on adolescence and growing up.
(ii) make available basic facts on HIV/AIDS transmission and methods of prevention.
(iii) reinforce existing positive behaviour and instill life skills that enable young people to protect themselves.
(iv) develop and encourage a positive attitude towards HIV/AIDS and those living with HIV/AIDS.
The conference concluded in the evening with a declaration termed "Patna Declaration". At the end of the Programme Dr. B.N.Jha, Secretary, Bihar School Examination Boards thanked everyone and expressed his appreciation of the fact that delegates of all Boards participated in the conference.
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