NCERT collaborates with ETS for India’s first national assessment regulator

The global educational assessment organisation, ETS, has been selected by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to support the set-up of India’s first national assessment regulator, PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development).

PARAKH will set norms, standards and guidelines for student assessment and evaluation for all recognised school boards in India. This initiative will put a heightened focus on building quality assessments to better measure and increase knowledge and skill acquisition across the country.

Indrani Bhaduri, Professor and Head of the Educational Survey Division, NCERT said to a news portal, “Their (ETS) understanding of global best practices in curriculum and assessment will be a great asset in standardising these aspects across the various school boards in the country thereby paving the path towards quality, consistency and uniformity in the teaching-learning and assessment practices. We at NCERT are enthused to partner with ETS and deploy their considerable expertise in educational research in learning assessments and intend to capitalise the same for the betterment of all aspects of school education, benefiting the learners, teachers and educational delivery system in this country.”