What are the initiatives taken by govt to provide better education in the country
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1. Subject wise learning
In order to focus on quality education, the Central rules to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 have been amended to include reference on class-wise, subject-wise learning outcomes.
2. National Achievement Survey (NAS)
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) conducts periodic national surveys of learning achievement of children in classes 3, 5, 8 and 10. Four rounds of National Achievement Survey (NAS) have been conducted so far for class 5 and three rounds for classes 3 and 8.
Further, a National Achievement Survey based on learning outcomes was conducted for classes 3, 5 and 8 on November 13, 2017 with a sample frame upto district level to enable states/UTs to identify gaps in learning outcomes at district level and design strategies to address those gaps.
Similarly, NAS for Class 10 was conducted on February 5, 2018. NAS Reports show students' learning levels against the expected learning outcomes of a particular grade and are used to provide feedback to the districts for further improvement.
3. Minimum qualification of teachers
3. Section 23(2) of the RTE Act has been amended to extend the period of in-service training for untrained elementary teachers to March 31, 2019 in all the states and UTs.
As per the above amendment, all untrained in-service teachers working in government, government- aided, and private un-aided schools should acquire minimum qualification as laid down by an academic authority, authorized by the Central Government, by March 31, 2019.
4. BEd degree structure
A four year BEd integrated course to bring about qualitative improvement in teacher education programmes in India has been conceptualised and regulations for this course have been published in official gazette on March 29, 2019 and applications have been invited w.e.f. June 31, 2019.
The model curriculum prepared for this course includes crucial aspects like gender, inclusive education, ICT, yoga, Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and Health & Sanitation. The teaching specialization would primarily be for the primary levels and the secondary level.
5. Quality education
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been notified on January 11, 2019. The said Act provides to empower the appropriate government to take a decision as to whether to hold back a child in class 5 or in class 8 or in both the classes, or not to hold back a child in any class till the completion of elementary education.
6. Equality in education
6. The Central Government has launched an integrated scheme for school education named as Samagra Shiksha, w.e.f. 2018-19 which subsumes the three erstwhile Centrally Sponsored schemes of school education i.e Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), and Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education (CSSTE).
7. International exposure
Government of India has decided to participate in the programme for International Students Assessment (PISA) to be conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2021.
PISA is a competency based assessment which unlike content based assessment, measures the extent to which students have acquired key competencies that are essential for full participation in modern societies.
8. Cultural festivals
In order to experience and celebrate the rich cultural diversity of India, Rangotsav was held from December 7 to 21, 2018 in schools, with participation of students, teachers and other stake holders.
Rangotsav is focused on creating a non-judgmental platform for the participants to explore and express their artistic minds through dance, music, theatre, painting craft making etc.
It is a gate way for each state to get exposed to the cultures, arts and languages of other States and UTs and enrich the minds of students and enhance their thrust for knowledge.
9. Grading system
In order to objectively evaluate the performance of the school education system in the states/UTs, MHRD has designed a 70 indicators based matrix called Performance Grading Index (PGI) to grade the states and UTs.
10. E-learning material for teachers and students
In order to provide supplementary learning material for students and for upgrading the skills of teachers, MHRD has developed a dedicated Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) platform.
11. Innovations in classroom study
The Government has launched Rashtriya Aavishkar Abhiyan (RAA) programme on 09.07.2015, to motivate and engage children of the age group of 6-18 years in science, mathematics and technology through observation, experimentation, inference drawing, model building, etc. both through inside and outside classroom activities.
12. Education channels
A programme for utilization of satellite communication technologies for transmission of educational e-contents through 32 National Channels i.e. SWAYAM PRABHA DTH-TV has been launched.
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