A section of teachers in the State have expressed displeasure with the Lesson Based Assessment (LBA) implemented by the Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL) alleging that the department is creating ‘unnecessary pressure.’
According to LBA, teachers have to update the lesson plan, activities, unit test of each lesson and the marks obtained by each student in the Student Achievement Tracking System (SATS). Then, supplementary teaching has to be given to the student who is lagging behind in learning, and re-tests have to be conducted. However, due to server and other problems, updating the details of each lesson and each student in SATS has become a challenge for teachers.
The DSEL implemented LBA in all government, aided, and unaided schools in the State from the academic year 2025-26 with an aim to improve student learning and confirm the child’s learning after each lesson, and reduce the examination stress of students. LBA is mandatory for classes 4 to 10 in Kannada medium and classes 1 to 10 in bilingual classes.
The main objective is to reducing reliance on tests to identify children’s progress and increasing learning capacity, allow for the achievement of specified learning outcomes through continuous analysis, motivate students at different learning levels and inclusive assessment, increase the assessment capacity of teachers, continuously monitor student learning, bring student learning to the attention of parents at each level, and the lesson-based assessment framework with continuous and comprehensive assessment (CCE) integrated with the daily classroom learning process from traditional test-centered assessment.
Over 42,000 documents
In the LBA, the unit tests will be conducted for 25 marks in each lesson and marks should be entered in SATS, and grades will be generated automatically.
The department has already given the details of the unit test, evaluation, and SATS documents to be updated as per LBA from June 15 to August 30 to the teachers. Accordingly, in 60 school days, 55 examinations should be conducted for students in class 8, 56 for class 9, and 58 for class 10. Teachers of a school with about 250 students have to evaluate a total of 42,250 answer sheets and enter the same number of documents in SATS.
“Earlier, we used to enter lesson plans, activities, and marks in a separate register. Now, all the subjects have to be entered online. Online entry is not possible due to server problems. Lessons for class 10 should be completed, and revision should be started by the end of December. In addition, other task,s including midday meals, census, and election-related works, have to be carried out.entering information about all the lessons of all classes online as per LBA is a challenging task, and we are under pressure. the department should simplify LBA,” urged a teacher of a government school in Bengaluru.
Not yet implemented in private schools
Private educational institutions have not taken steps to implement it yet.
“The department, which initially said that LBA would not be implemented in private schools, has now ordered it to be applied to our schools as well. LBA implementation is becoming difficult in private schools due to technical problems. To enter the information in SATS, government school teachers have been given a ‘Karnataka Government Insurance Department (KGID) number, and aided school teachers have been given an insurance number as a login ID. But private school teachers have not given any login ID. They have been instructed to use the teachers’ SATS ID, which is causing a technical problem. Therefore, it will be more convenient if an Excel sheet update system is implemented instead of entering information in SATS. A petition will be submitted to the DSEL in this regard,” said Shashikumar D., general secretary of Associated Managements of English Medium Schools in Karnataka (KAMS).
K.V. Trilok Chandra, Commissioner of Public Instruction, said, “This issue has already been discussed with the office bearers of the Government School Teachers’ Association, and steps have been taken to resolve the technical issues. It has been decided to reduce the 25 marks allotted for each lesson unit test to 15.”
Published – July 29, 2025 09:23 pm IST
