Cumulative record

1. WELCOME
Presented By
Leena Samuel

2. TOPIC
CUMULATIVE RECORD

3. Cumulative Record
The student’s Cumulative Record is the
Compilation of information maintained in the
school for the student. It contains factual,
objective and professional information
regarding a student’ s academic progress.

4. Characteristics of Cumulative Record
• It is a permanent record about the pupil or student.
• It is maintained up to date. Whenever any new information is obtained
about the pupil it is entered in the record
• It presents a complete picture about the educational progress of the pupil ,
his past achievements and present standing.
• It contains only those information’s which are authentic, reliable, objective
and useful
• confidential information about the pupil is not entered in the record but
kept in a separate file.
• it is comprehensive in the sense that it contains all information about the
pupil ‘s attendance, test scores, health etc..
• it is continuous in the sense that it contains information about the pupil
from the time he enters for pre school education or kindergarten system till
he leaves the school

5. Cont….
• Keeping of record is a continuous process and should cover the whole history
from pre – school to the college and this should follow the child from school.
• All the teachers and the guidance workers should have access to these
records.
• Records should be based on an objective data.
• It should contain reliable, accurate and objective information.

6. Data Contained in the Cumulative Record
• Accurate
• Complete
• Comprehensive
• Objective
• Usable
•Valid

7. The various records are:
Identification Data
Name of the pupil, Sex, Father’ s name, Admission No,
Date of birth , Class, section any other information that
helps in easy location of the card.
Environmental and Background Data
Home- neighborhood influences, socio- economic status of the
family, cultural status of the family, number of brothers and
sisters, their educational back ground, occupations of the
family
Physical Data
Weight, height, illness, physical disabilities etc..

8. Psychological Data
Intelligence aptitudes, interests, personality qualities, emotional and
social adjustment and attitudes.
Educational Data
Previous school record, educational attainments, school
marks, school attendance
Co – curricular Data
Notable Experiences and accomplishment in various
fields intellectual artistic, social, recreational etc
Supplementary Information
It is obtained by the use of standardized test.

9. Sources of collection of information
Parents or guardian’ s data form
Family background and the personal history of the child may
be gathered from the parents who are to fill in the form.
Personal data form
In order to obtain information regarding the pupils interest and
participation in extra curricular activities and his vocational
preference the personal data is of great use.
School Records
• Records of achievement tests.
• Records of other tests.
• Admission and withdrawal record.
Other sources
• Personal visits by the teachers
• Observations made by the teachers

11. Conclusio
nThe maintenance of the Cumulative Record should begin when the
student enters school and should follow the student from class to class
within a school and from school as he continues his progress.The class
teacher will maintain the cumulative record. In view of the fact that will be
in a greater position to judge them from different aspects.