New Delhi: Clouds of confusion regarding the new grading system still surround the teachers in spite of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) spending time and money to conduct workshops across the capital.

The persisting uncertainty as some teachers felt, even after the first phase of training of public school teachers for Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) was completed on October 23, is apparent.

"Bafflement is characteristic to any change that takes place in an old established system," felt some of the teachers while the others held an opposing stance saying, "CBSE needs to put on their thinking caps to evolve a much feasible option than just conducting workshops."

Demarcating various schools on the basis of their infrastructure, R.K. Sharma, principal of Alcon Public School said that, "The new set of rules cannot work solely upon few elite schools. Those lacking the basic infrastructure for co-scholastic activities have no alternative."

No guideline for class XI admissions, absence of a concrete scale to grade co-curricular activities, no solution if a child fails to attain the grade to qualify even after the third trial and no direction for conducting online tests to a different school are some of the issues which puzzled Mr. Sharma as he raised them.

Mrs. Rajni Arora, principal of Ramjas School, Anand Parvat felt a dire need to improve the quality of teaching in order to make this initiative a huge success.

She also said that, "Introducing a new system of evaluation may infuse high stress levels among the students since they would be judged upon their every move. I am also concerned about the students scoring D-grade."

Adding on to her list of worries, she further asked that, "Even if the child is promoted after achieving the qualifying grades, how would he cope up with the huge class XI syllabus? They do not have an option for going vocational".

Annie Koshi, principal of St Mary's School, said that, "Apprehensions are there because it's a new system of evaluation. However, the CCE clearly proposed its design but execution will require time. It steers clear of the technical aspects but the rational move is still to be understood. The most common queries that have come up are who can take the board exams and when will it take place."

Mrs. Bharti Sharma, principal of Amity International School, Saket has an answer for the issue of subjectivity that might creep in while accessing the co-curricular activities of a student.

She said that, "Each attribute of the child is divided into a long checklist provided by the CBSE which will help the teachers resolve the problem of awarding grades to the students."

Since, half of the session is now over she is now worried about coping with the new system.

Vandana Chawla, principal of New Era Public School, is although happy with the introduction of the new grading system which she feels will increase the influence and accountability of the schools but, she is not clear of the paper-setter for class IX, the schools or the CBSE.