Journal of Innovative Research and Development Vol.-1, Issue-2, 2016, pp.18-24 Copyright©2016, JIRD Page | 18 Research Article OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION: NEED OF PRESENT SCENARIO Dr. Saroj Jain Principal, Victoria College of Education Bhopal Email id: sarojjain8@rediffmail.com Abstract Outcome-based education (OBE) has an intuitive appeal that hooks people. Simply set the outcomes you expect students to achieve, then teach and research in as many different ways and for as long as it takes until everyone meets them. In its simplest form, the OBE process virtually guarantees every student an education. Outcome-based education (OBE) has a potential for enrichment of cognitive, affective and psychomotor outcomes of learners. Outcome-based education Advocate that education cannot be done simply by the spread of knowledge from the teachers to the learners. Relatively, knowledge is constructed by learners through dynamic and intellectual process of development; learners are the builders and creators of meaningful knowledge. It refers to the idea that learners construct knowledge for themselves. In traditional scenario of education, teacher centered approaches were used in which a teacher transmits information to students who passively listen and acquire facts while during Outcome- based education, learner centered approaches are used in which students are actively involved in their learning to reach new understandings, so each learner individually and socially develop their skills to construct meaning as they learn. This new experience facilitates learners to modify their previous meaning about the phenomena; this reform has been driven by educators in response to demands for greater accountability by taxpayers and as a vehicle for breaking with traditional ideas about how we teach our children. If implemented, this approach to curriculum development could change our schools more than any other reform proposal in the last thirty years. Key word: Outcome based education (OBE), Traditional education(TE) Introduction Outcome-based education (OBE) means clearly focusing and organizing everything in an educational system around what is essential for all students to be able to do successfully at the end of their learning experiences. This book examines the issues critical to understanding and implementing OBE. Outcome-based education (OBE) is one of those that is new, even revolutionary, and is now being promoted as the panacea for America's educational woes. This reform has been driven by educators in response to demands for greater accountability by taxpayers and as a vehicle for breaking with traditional ideas about how we teach our children. If implemented, this approach to curriculum development could change our schools more than any other reform proposal in the last thirty years. The genesis of OBE  In 1989, 5 countries signed the Washington Accord. They are: Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Canada, Ireland & the USA.