{"id":21276,"date":"2024-03-06T03:47:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T22:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21276"},"modified":"2025-04-06T11:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T05:33:42","slug":"holistic-progress-card-hpc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/holistic-progress-card-hpc\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Holistic Progress Card (HPC)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Holistic Progress Card (HPC)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>HPC,\u00a0developed by Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development\u00a0(PARAKH), a\u00a0standard-setting body under the NCERT,\u00a0for the\u00a0foundational stage (Classes 1 and 2),\u00a0preparatory stage (Classes 3 to 5), and\u00a0middle stage (Classes 6 to 8), as per suggestions by the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, marks a paradigm\u00a0shift in assessing students&#8217; overall progress.<\/li>\n<li>HPC\u00a0incorporates feedback from parents, classmates, and\u00a0even self-evaluation by students.<\/li>\n<li>The approach aims to provide a\u00a0comprehensive view of students&#8217;\u00a0academic performance, cognitive abilities, socio-emotional skills, and creativity during class activities.<\/li>\n<li>HPC\u00a0aligns with the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE) to prioritise a\u00a0learner-centric evaluation.<\/li>\n<li>Features of Holistic Progress Card\n<ul>\n<li>HPC, will\u00a0no longer depend on marks or grades to evaluate a student\u2019s academic performance. Instead, it will\u00a0rely on a 360-degree evaluation.<\/li>\n<li>Under the HPC model, the\u00a0students will be regularly assessed through class activities where they are not just passive learners but active agents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0activities will prompt students to apply diverse skills and competencies that will\u00a0demonstrate whether they\u00a0have been\u00a0able to grasp concepts.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0difficulty level they experience while performing a task will\u00a0also be assessed.\n<ul>\n<li>Teachers, thus,\u00a0will be able to register the strengths of a student, such as their ability to \u201ccollaborate\u201d, \u201cfollow instructions\u201d, show \u201ccreativity\u201d or \u201cempathy\u201d, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Similarly, weaknesses like \u201clack of attention\u201d, \u201cpeer pressure\u201d, \u201clack of preparation\u201d will\u00a0help teachers identify areas where students need help.<\/li>\n<li>A key feature of the HPC is that\u00a0students will have a say too,\u00a0evaluating their own as well\u00a0as their classmates\u2019 performance.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It encourages students to\u00a0reflect on their progress through statements such as &#8220;I learned something new&#8221; or &#8220;I expressed my creativity.&#8221;\n<ul>\n<li>At\u00a0the middle stage (Classes 6 to 8), students are prompted to set academic and\u00a0personal\u00a0goals.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>An\u00a0&#8220;ambition card&#8221; allows students to outline their aspirations, areas for improvement, and the necessary skills and habits to fulfill their ambitions.<\/li>\n<li>The HPC seeks to\u00a0involve parents in the learning process, integrating their insights on homework, classroom engagement, and balancing screen time with extracurricular activities.<\/li>\n<li>Peer evaluation is also a key element, with students assessing their classmates&#8217; contributions to activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Benefits of Holistic Progress Card<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The HPC goes\u00a0beyond numerical grades,\u00a0focusing on\u00a0descriptive and analytical evaluations\u00a0that encompass academic achievements as well as the development of\u00a0critical skills in a child.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It promotes a shift from\u00a0summative to formative assessment, fostering\u00a0competency-based evaluation and holistic growth.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, it seeks to\u00a0provide teachers and parents with\u00a0insights to support each student\u00a0in learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the National Council for Educational and Research Training (NCERT)?<\/h3>\n<p>NCERT is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Education, Government of India. NCERT is responsible for developing and publishing textbooks, teacher training manuals, and educational materials for primary and secondary schools in India. The organization was established in 1961 with the goal of providing qualitative education to students in the country. It is headquartered in New Delhi and has regional offices across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/holistic-progress-card-ncert-explained-9197296\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>A new report card, where students, their friends, parents get a say: What has NCERT changed, why<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holistic Progress Card incorporates feedback from parents, classmates, and even self-evaluation by students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}