Annexure-I: Evaluation of children to assess the Quality of Education and Performance of Teachers 1. Recognition of alphabets (capital and small) 2. Numbers 0-100 (numeric figures and alphabetic) 3. To write without assistance (Numbers and letters) Class 1st & 2nd 4. Identify Colours, Living, non-living things, Parts of body etc. 5. Name of the school, class in which they study, name of parents, residential address, Contact No of Parents (The same should be written on student’s notebooks also) 6. Maintenance of Homework Diary for each of the student, regular homework and class tests. 7. Reading simple sentences, meaning of sentences, singing rhymes, poems, Addition, Division, Multiplication, subtraction etc. 8. Translation of simple sentences from Kashmiri to Urdu; and also Urdu to English 9. Name of five Animals, Vegetables, Fruits, Birds, Vehicles, etc. Class 3rd to 5th 10. Days in a week, months in a year, Teachers in the school, etc. 11. Spelling of simple letters in day-today use- bicycle, television etc. 12. Today’s date, time on the watch etc. 13. Famous Personalities, Education Minister in the state and Centre, CM, PM, President, Governor, sports personalities etc. 14. Forms of Verb (Present, Past and past participle), Parts of speech and its use 15. Districts in J&K, Arithmetic tables (2-10) Class 6th to 8th 16. Tense Learning (Simple exercises to identify present, past and future tense) 17. Interest calculation, Percentage Calculation, simple maths exercises using different formula - Pythagoras theorem, square, area, square root etc. 18. Essay writing, letter writing, Application for different subjects etc. Creativity and Critical thinking (Sample Questions) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Prove that air is needed for burning. (Simple candle experiment) What are organic and inorganic wastes in your home? How would you dispose them safely? Identify India on World-Map, J&K on India’s Map, draw India’s map etc. Explain gravity, photosynthesis, atmosphere, democracy, public property etc. What is your aim in life and What changes do you need to bring in your life to achieve your goal? The performance of the teachers would be evaluated by observing the performance of children in this assessment tool, teachers must ensure that the children are able to perform 100% in these minimum learning-parameters; beside the usual syllabus and curriculum would also be assessed.