Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan plots a new learning way with tablets, games
 |
| www.seeyousix.blogspot.in |
Tablets for e-lessons and assignments, video and programming games to foster creativity, activity-based learning to connect knowledge with life and collaboration with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research laboratories - the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) is set to roll out its biggest reforms that aim to change the way learning is seeyousix organised in these Centre-funded schools. With the 'Back to Basics' initiative, as it is being called, the 1,200 Kendriya Vidyalayas are attempting to move beyond textbooks and encourage originality among its 12 lakh students. The reforms are being rolled out in the current year with KVS also putting in place a 1,000-point system of annual targets to assess its schools. The heads of schools have been given greater autonomy to devise an annual plan, on which the school will be rated. A senior HRD ministry official said the initiative was pushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has taken personal interest in improvement of KV schools. When the revamped curriculum is implemented, students will get access to popular computer games such as Minecraft and Kadu game lab, a visual programming tool and to fire their imagination. Hackathons are also planned seeyousix for classes XI and XII. What triggered the reforms, officials said, was a "troubling" focus on academic scores as the sole assessment criterion. KVs' Class XII pass percentages in the past five years have been more than 95%. According to officials, an internal assessment found that only 5% of these schools were 'average' performers. "Such assessments are not reliable as these are solely based on Class XII results and can be disastrous in the long run," an official said. "The reforms aim at achieving learning outcomes set by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) right from Class I," said U N Khaware, additional commissioner (academics), KVS seeyousix.
Under the 'Back to Basics' plan, Khaware said schools will be graded on a 1,000 point scale for which a detailed pro forma has been prepared to assess schools on all aspects - from infrastructure to academic development. "The heads of schools have been asked seeyousix to set their annual target, which is based on what a specific school depending, on its resources, is capable of achieving. No target can be lower than the previous target or the average of achievement of past three years," said Khaware.
However, schools will not be penalised as the initiative aims at capacity-building. Multiple inspections and an audit in March will analyse performance "to understand the reasons which lead to either success or failure, so that we can draw from the experience seeyousix and improve," said Khaware. The point system will reward achievements in many ways. For example, if students from a school that lacks adequate infrastructure do well in sports, the school will get grace points.
"We have close to 1,200 schools. So how to know how are our schools are functioning? We use to depend on a subjective database which we found was overrated. The finding that only 5% of our schools were average and the rest good gave us a shock. The picture seeyousix can't be so good," Khaware said. "To remove such subjectivity, we need something holistic and realistic. Only depending on Class XII results can be disastrous. Now, we have a holistic testing system where schools will be assessed on parameters set by themselves," the official said. For assessment, schools will submit a "vidyalaya plan sustainable document" which will include several areas, including academic. Nearly 500 points will be given for academic performance seeyousix.
For the latest news, tech news, breaking news headlines and live updates checkout seeyousix
0 comments:
Post a Comment