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The present study was undertaken to study the perception of District Level Functionaries towards Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation in Himachal Pradesh. All the District Project Officers and Research and Evaluation Coordinators from the selected districts were interviewed using interview schedule by the researcher for seeking their perceptions towards Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation. The result of the study indicated that the district level functionaries are good in terms of: Preparedness for adopting Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation, Training imparted for the implementation of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation, Material used for the implementation of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation, Monitoring and Feedback provided for Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation, Impact of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation. But they are not in favour of the fact that Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation is a strong education system and feel that there are many loopholes in the present system for which they have provided different suggestions such as maintaining proper teacher pupil ratio, adopting marking system instead of grading, effective training to teachers, discarding age appropriate class criteria etc.