NCERT survey to reveal state of schools in city
All India School Education Survey, launched in Gujarat on Monday, will help central policy makers identify weak areas in the school system and develop new schemes
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Wednesday, January 12, 2011 (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=3&contentid=201101122011011202534314124e1893f)
National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT) has started a massive survey of schools in Gujarat to gather a raft of data that can help policy makers to develop schemes, check effectiveness of existing ones and allocate funds. All schools — public and private; state board and CBSE — will be covered under this exercise called ‘All India School Education Survey’ (AISES).
The importance of this survey, ordered by the human resource development ministry, can be seen from the fact that it is conducted once every eight to 10 years. Though it was announced in September 2009, it was launched in Gujarat only on Monday.“This is a very scientific study of the school system at city, taluka and district levels. Each and every school in the state will be covered,” the director of AISES (Gujarat), Madhu Patel, told Mirror. “Mounds of information collected during this exercise will be thoroughly examined. The analysis will help shape future policies and government programmes for improvement of quality of education, facilities and infrastructure.”
On Monday, survey forms, which run into several pages, were distributed among principals and teachers of primary, secondary and higher secondary schools. Instructions for filling up these forms were issued through video conferencing at designated centres in the state.
In the survey, eighth such nation-wide exercise, schools have been asked to share minutest details. For instance, they have been asked to specify their type — boys’ school, girls’ or co-educational; privately funded or state-supported. They will have to state the number of teachers and students, including those with disabilities. Details such as type of school building, quality of infrastructure and sports facilities offered to students have also been sought.
Schools will be required to make known whether drinking water is available on their premises and what is its source. They will also have to mention whether there are separate bathrooms for boys and girls and whether mid-day meals are provided.
Patel said that one of the objectives of the survey was to find out what schools lacked. “The study will help identify weak areas, be it infrastructure or quality of teachers and ascertain whether government’s educational schemes and programmes are yielding results or not,” he said. The collected data will be stored electronically with the help of a software developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC).
Purpose of study
♦ To assess progress of education development and success of govt policies
♦ To check equity in educational opportunities
♦ To check availability of facilities at primary, secondary and higher secondary stages
♦ To review basic infrastructure such as school building, classrooms
♦ To know class-wise enrolment of students hailing from different communities and social groups
♦ To know number of students with disabilities
♦ To know position of teachers with academic and professional qualifications at different school stages
Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Wednesday, January 12, 2011 (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=3&contentid=201101122011011202534314124e1893f)
National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT) has started a massive survey of schools in Gujarat to gather a raft of data that can help policy makers to develop schemes, check effectiveness of existing ones and allocate funds. All schools — public and private; state board and CBSE — will be covered under this exercise called ‘All India School Education Survey’ (AISES).
The importance of this survey, ordered by the human resource development ministry, can be seen from the fact that it is conducted once every eight to 10 years. Though it was announced in September 2009, it was launched in Gujarat only on Monday.On Monday, survey forms, which run into several pages, were distributed among principals and teachers of primary, secondary and higher secondary schools. Instructions for filling up these forms were issued through video conferencing at designated centres in the state.
In the survey, eighth such nation-wide exercise, schools have been asked to share minutest details. For instance, they have been asked to specify their type — boys’ school, girls’ or co-educational; privately funded or state-supported. They will have to state the number of teachers and students, including those with disabilities. Details such as type of school building, quality of infrastructure and sports facilities offered to students have also been sought.
Schools will be required to make known whether drinking water is available on their premises and what is its source. They will also have to mention whether there are separate bathrooms for boys and girls and whether mid-day meals are provided.
Patel said that one of the objectives of the survey was to find out what schools lacked. “The study will help identify weak areas, be it infrastructure or quality of teachers and ascertain whether government’s educational schemes and programmes are yielding results or not,” he said. The collected data will be stored electronically with the help of a software developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC).
Purpose of study
♦ To assess progress of education development and success of govt policies
♦ To check equity in educational opportunities
♦ To check availability of facilities at primary, secondary and higher secondary stages
♦ To review basic infrastructure such as school building, classrooms
♦ To know class-wise enrolment of students hailing from different communities and social groups
♦ To know number of students with disabilities
♦ To know position of teachers with academic and professional qualifications at different school stages
