State govt charts five-year plan to revamp school education system
Invites agencies to bid for projects including transforming the pattern of board exams to help students shift to learning with understanding rather than mugging up
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Thursday, October 21, 2010 (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=3&contentid=2010102120101021025813404dea9cf99)
With an objective of placing Gujarat in the list of top three states that can boast of excellent student learning outcomes in the next five years, the state government is working towards the revamp of school education system.
It has conceptualised several projects to improve the quality of education and building the capacity of teachers and educational personnel.
Registered agencies can bid for the projects targeted at 8,000 schools, 82,000 teachers and 18 lakh students. Some of these projects are:
♦ Research and action plan to transform the pattern of Board Exam questions
♦ Supporting Gunotsav in primary classes and developing and executing it in secondary schools
♦ Developing and conducting teachers’ need assessment in secondary schools and developing modules for their training
♦ Designing and conducting question making and activity development competition for teachers
The agencies have been asked to submit Expression of Interest by the end of this month. They will be selected on the basis of proposals, presentations and financial bid evaluation.
They have been asked to come up with a concrete research-based action plan to convert the class 10 board exam paper into one which has an appropriate mix of questions that test knowledge, understanding, application and higher-order thinking skills.
The expected deliverables include a comparative study of school leaving formats and question types in other countries, a five-year transition plan in exam format, changes in teacher training formats, detailed plan for workshop to help paper-setters set questions focusing on understanding and topic-wise sample questions that test student’s understanding.
Teachers’ needs assessment to be conducted for teachers of secondary schools should be able to determine the conceptual knowledge teachers have in their subject areas, learning gaps and misconceptions.
Selected agency will be required to conceptualise and design tests that test teachers’ general ability, subject knowledge and pedagogical knowledge, analyse the test results, present feedback for each teacher and also design remedial teaching workshops based on gaps identified.
Chairman of Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Dr Hasmukh Adhia said: “We plan to transform the education system and provide quality teaching to the students. The aim is to help the students shift to learning with understanding rather than cramming up.”
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Thursday, October 21, 2010 (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=3&contentid=2010102120101021025813404dea9cf99)
With an objective of placing Gujarat in the list of top three states that can boast of excellent student learning outcomes in the next five years, the state government is working towards the revamp of school education system.
It has conceptualised several projects to improve the quality of education and building the capacity of teachers and educational personnel.
Registered agencies can bid for the projects targeted at 8,000 schools, 82,000 teachers and 18 lakh students. Some of these projects are:
♦ Research and action plan to transform the pattern of Board Exam questions
♦ Supporting Gunotsav in primary classes and developing and executing it in secondary schools
♦ Developing and conducting teachers’ need assessment in secondary schools and developing modules for their training
♦ Designing and conducting question making and activity development competition for teachers
The agencies have been asked to submit Expression of Interest by the end of this month. They will be selected on the basis of proposals, presentations and financial bid evaluation.
They have been asked to come up with a concrete research-based action plan to convert the class 10 board exam paper into one which has an appropriate mix of questions that test knowledge, understanding, application and higher-order thinking skills.
The expected deliverables include a comparative study of school leaving formats and question types in other countries, a five-year transition plan in exam format, changes in teacher training formats, detailed plan for workshop to help paper-setters set questions focusing on understanding and topic-wise sample questions that test student’s understanding.
Teachers’ needs assessment to be conducted for teachers of secondary schools should be able to determine the conceptual knowledge teachers have in their subject areas, learning gaps and misconceptions.
Selected agency will be required to conceptualise and design tests that test teachers’ general ability, subject knowledge and pedagogical knowledge, analyse the test results, present feedback for each teacher and also design remedial teaching workshops based on gaps identified.
Chairman of Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Dr Hasmukh Adhia said: “We plan to transform the education system and provide quality teaching to the students. The aim is to help the students shift to learning with understanding rather than cramming up.”
