Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE), Kohima in collaboration with PARAKH-NCERT, Delhi is organizing a four-day workshop on “PARAKH Taxonomy and Development of Competency Based Question Bank for ITMS” from June 2 to 5 at NBSE, Kohima.
During the inaugural session, the welcome address and the events purpose were presented by Rangumbuing Nsarangbe, the Secretary & Chairperson (Addl. Charge) NBSE. In his address, he stated that the NEP 2020 has set the direction for the change in the education system and the NCF 2023 has begun to translate it. He added that PARAKH at NCERT has now given the system two specific instruments to work with – the Holistic Progress Card and the Taxonomy and guidelines for setting a balanced question paper and the workshop will mainly dwell on the second instrument.
He appreciated the PARAKH at NCERT for their guidance and the relationship that NBSE has built over the last two years which has shaped the way ahead.
Further, he expressed his gratitude to the teachers present for the workshop for their constant support and contribution towards the examination process. In conclusion, he assured that the outcomes of the four-day workshop will be translated to shape the fundamentals of an examination question paper.
A keynote address and introduction of programme was given virtually by Prof Indrani Bhaduri, CEO & Head, PARAKH on structured assessment taxonomy which represents a pivotal shift in India’s school education system, anchored in the vision of NEP 2020.
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She mentioned PARAKH’s taxonomy provides a coherent framework to align curriculum pedagogy and assessment with competency-based assessment.
The conceptual foundation of PARAKH’s taxonomy moves beyond traditional content, recall frameworks and instead organizes learning across progressive domains ranging from foundational understanding to higher order thinking skills such as Analysis, Evaluation and Creation, she said.
She also mentioned that the competency-based question paper that this taxonomy helps to operationalise is guiding item writers to design Questions that map explicitly defining competencies and cognitive levels instead of relying on rote-based Questions. In addition, the PARAKH’s taxonomy also helps to build a linkage with the formative assessment through the Holistic Progress Card – a key strength of PARAKH’s taxonomy lies in its seamless integration with classroom level formative assessment particularly through the Holistic Progress Card.
She expressed that the PARAKH’s taxonomy acts as the backbone of India’s transition to competency-based education- Bridging the classroom practice and the Board’s assessment through a unified evidence-based framework.
The program was chaired by Siduniu Rentta, Assistant Academic Officer, NBSE and invocation was pronounced by Dziesevolie Tsürho, Academic Officer NBSE. Altogether 73 teachers from across the state are participating. The workshop will continue till the 5th of June 2026.
