bangalore the council for the indian school certificate examinations will from 2003 introduce competence testing as a component in secondary classescouncil chief executive secretary francis fanthome told the times of india on friday that one subject out of six will be practicaloriented the subject will allow students to visit industrial units and undergo internshipsnow only the academic component of a student is tested the new component will be introduced in ix and x standards he explained students performance of both years will be reviewed based on which the certificate will be issuedthe subject can be chosen from a range of subjects including computer applications commercial or business applications fifty per cent of the marks will be based on theoretical aspects and another fifty on practical applications he saidthe new component will be introduced in 2003 and the first batch will pass out with the new qualification in 2005 the change has been necessitated following a change in the global world fanthome elaboratedthe board has already introduced new courses like performing arts and contemporary studies to expand students perspective it is focussing on introducing value addition in schools by way of greater participation of teachers in evaluating studentstwenty per cent of the total marks will be based on internal assessment of students throughout their schooling by teaching this will give teachers additional responsibility of constant evaluation of students not just their academic capability but also nonacademic achievements will be taken into account he addednew software fanthome released edurite technologies curriculumbased content for physics chemistry biology and mathematics for icse syllabi the software is offered as a pack of four cd roms per subject for ix and x standards and a pack of six cd roms for xi and xii standardsinstitutions can avail of the software for their computer lab on a server networked to a number of pcs the software can also be loaded on to the server and accessed by a group of students simultaneously teachers can add their own notes and give it a personal touch