The Online Student Evaluation Portal of Department of School Education, Nagaland was launched today, the 2nd June 2020 by Menukhol John, Principal Secretary, School Education at his office chamber. The programme was attended by Kevileno Angami, Special Secretary, School Education, Shanavas C, Principal Director, School Education, Wonthungo Tsopoe, Director, School Education, Asano Sekhose, Chairman, NBSE and other officers from the department.
The Principal Secretary, School Education congratulated the department officers for taking the initiative of developing the online portal and requested parents and teachers to encourage students to make best use of the provision during the period of school closure.
The online evaluation process for students of classes VIII to X and XII will commence from 3rd June 2020 as per the schedule already notified by the department.
ONLINE STUDENT EVALUATION PORTAL
Introduction:
In order to keep the children engaged in the continuous process of education during the COVID-19 lockdown period, the Department of School Education, Nagaland has launched the Tele/Radio Education Programme on 1st May 2020.Overwhelmed by the interest being shown by students, parents and teachers, the department launched the next tool of digital learning, the Online Student Evaluation Portal on 2nd June 2020.
The Tele/Radio Education Programme – A Brief Note:
The video and audio broadcast of lessons through Doordarshan and All India Radiocommenced from 1st May 2020.Initially, the broadcast was done for students of classes 8 to 10 and 12 and the same for students of classes 5 to 7 commenced from 1stJune 2020.
As the digital social media platforms have more influence on people, all the videos telecasted through Doordarshan are also shared with public through the Youtube channel of the department, ‘DoSE Nagaland’ and also through the Facebook page ‘School Education, Nagaland’.
Online Student Evaluation Portal:
Evaluation is an integral part of education and is very much essential for guiding students towards development. As the conventional tools of evaluation could not be used during this period of crisis, the department has developed the Online Students Evaluation Portal‘https://dosenl.in’. The portal is developed in such a way that it could be easily accessed through any Mobile/Laptop/PC and would work efficiently even in 2G internet connections.
Two numbers of tests, each of duration 45 minutes will be conducted for each subject from the video lessons broadcasted in the previous month; May 2020. The evaluation schedule is made available to students in advance so that they could view the video lessons again and prepare well for the assessment. On the specified date and time of evaluation, students will have to login into the portal and give response to 20 numbers of Objective Type Multiple Choice Questions by clicking against the correct options within the given time limit. The page will be made active only during the specified time and will become inactive after the scheduled time.
This online evaluation portal can be used by any student studying in Nagaland voluntarily and marks secured in this online evaluation will not be used for any formal purpose of school evaluation.
Conclusion:
The result analysis of the ‘Online Tests’ will be made available to all stake holders so that they could employ appropriate remedial measures. Best performing students and schools will be rewarded so that it will serve as a motivation for all others. The main objective of conducting the online test is to encourage students to keep them engaged with the processes of continuous learning and the marks scored in these tests will not be considered for any purpose of formal evaluation.
(DIPR)
