‘THE TELEGRAPH CALCUTTA SUNDAY 25 JUNE 2023 Teachers to study for new pattern SHINUK MAZUMDAR Arathoon told Metro on Saturday ‘hat there willbea maxim of 10 Calcutta: Teachers have tostudy and ‘marks for such questions in each paper apply their mind to set question papers ‘in ICSE and 180 2024, ‘and prepare students toanswer appli. “The change willbe gradual. There cation-based questions, the head of the \willbea change of maximum of 10 ICSE counell, Gerry Arathoon, told ‘marks in each paper (in 2024), That ‘Metro on Saturday. is also the change in the specimen pa- “We have already published ers,” he said. specimen question papers. Teachers Since the amouncement of the now have to go through the papers, change in pattern, the council has been ‘Teachers have to study and apply their ‘sending specimen papers for ICSE and ‘mindsand set questions that are sim- TSC to schools ‘arto these but not the same. They “Teachers will ave to guide the ‘canmot copy the questions. They have students on how to answer these appl- ‘to keep to the pattern,” said Arathoon, ceation-based questions. They will have chief executive and secretary of 2024 willsoe a “small increase” inthe | toset many practice questions, The ‘he Council forthe Indian Setioo1 Darcenageaf ‘higher ovderanderit-| teaching methods oingto change, Certificate xaminations (CISCE). __| ical thinking questions” and thatthe | said Arathoon. Inacireularon June13,the council | share of such questions will progres saidthat theICSEandISCexamsin | sively increase in subsequent Years. ‘CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 >‘THE TELEGRAPH CALCUTTA SUNDAY Teachers to study for new ICSE, ISC pattern > FROM PAGES “Rote learning is being dis- couraged and gradually, it ‘would be eliminated,” sald Ar- sthoon. He said the council had al- ready conducted workshops onassessmentsforasection of teachers of Classes IX to XI ‘Among them, some will be “master trainers” who would ‘rain other teachers in their cityorregeninthenew meth- “The master trainers have possibly started training the feachers oftheir own schools. ‘They would also train texch- ers in other schools in their city orregion. Weplan tobegin ‘that soon,” said Arathoon, ‘Across schools, principals of institutions have asked teachersto study thespeetmen ‘papers and mark the changes. ‘Several school heads said ‘teachers can no longer becom- {ortable with how they have ‘een teaching sofar and would Ihave to work more now. 5 JUNE 2023 “tis not easy to set high. erorder thinking questions. ‘Teachers will have to work ‘more to imbibe the change. It ‘cannot be a straightforward question with four choices. ‘Teachers will have to think of various ways of asking the ‘question,” said John Stephen, acting principal, La Marti- nierefor Boys. Stephen said multiple choice questions were not easy, “neither for the student ‘nor the teacher", Teachors would have to “unlearn” what they know and relearn the new methods, said John Bagul, principal of South City International School. “As a biology teacher, I have to study, research and be updated rather than depend (on question papers. Ihave to Incorporatethenew pattern of «questioning in my lesson plan almost three decades,