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c. Regularity in maintaining checked up by the teacher. the work-book and getting regularly Performa for keeping records The records may be maintained under the following heads and the workbook should be checked daily as the assessment of the work done on daily basis. 1. Name of the Work/Project 2. Use of the product. 3. Objective/purpose of the work. 4. Tools and equipment used. (Name, Nos., Source of availability) 5. Raw materials used 6. Procedure followed 7. Precautions followed in the process of execution. 8. Difficulties faced in the process and how to overcome. 9. Costing of the product 10. Suggestions for further improvement 11. Self-evaluation and learning outcome. Grading It is widely felt that if numerical marks are awarded instead of grades after evaluation, the seriousness towards implementation of the WEP and expected levels of attainment by the students will be enhanced. This issue has been debated time and again and has been explicitly dealt in a document entitled “Grading in Schools” brought out by the NCERT (2000b). The Work Education activities have multiple dimensions- intellectual, emotional, spiritual, ethical, aesthetic, physical, etc., which can be broadly categorized into cognitive and non-cognitive capacities. Assigning marks to the learning outcomes in all these dimensions will be cumbersome and a difficult task for an evaluator. It is, therefore, suggested that the assessment of cognitive and non-cognitive learning outcomes may be carried out by the institution and for awarding grades, the method of direct grading may be employed. Grades awarded by the schools in Classes X and XII will be reflected in the Board Certificates. It is, therefore, incumbent on the schools to draw a good scientific programme for the evaluation of Work Education. 25