Now government schools to ‘guarantee’ quality education in district

Bareilly: In a first and unique initiative taken by basic

education

officials in district, 15

schools

in the city will be giving a

guarantee

of

quality

education to parents and education officials alike. While the officials will themselves give demonstrations and presentations in these schools to encourage practical learning, the aim behind the ‘Quality Education Guarantee Programme’ is to bring back students to

government

schools, especially in city areas where the dropout rate is comparatively higher than schools in rural areas.

Talking to TOI, assistant block resource coordinator (ABRC) and member of State Resource Group under Sarv Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) Anil Chaubey said, “The initiative is taken by a few ABRC’s to bring a change to the routine education pattern of basic education department. For this we studied the education pattern of private schools for quite some time and drew the conclusion that all CBSE schools adopt activity-based learning, which helps keep students interested in education.”

“However, in basic education, things are quite different. The number of dropout cases had increased in government schools, especially in city areas, as parents want their children to learn things properly. Research had shown that kids are more interested in activities for faster learning, which is generally missing from basic schools,” Chaubey added.

Under the new programme, designated ABRCs will visit shortlisted schools on a daily basis and teach children using activities, making it more interesting and easier for them to understand.

Chaubey said, “At present we are starting off with a pilot project in the city area, where we selected 15 schools from 5 campuses, so that the five-member team of coordinators is not overburdened. The team includes DD Gangwar (Hindi), Anil Chaubey (social science), Durgesh Babu (science), Rajeev Sharma (maths) and Ashi (English). Quality education will be guaranteed to parents as per the class their children are enrolled in. Progress of students will be evaluated on a monthly basis and they will be awarded three ribbons — red, yellow and green — to be worn throughout the academic session.”

While the syllabus will be divided into smaller portions so that teachers too don’t feel overburdened, the concept of ‘peer learning’ too will be introduced in these schools, where students earning green ribbon (the best students) will be teamed up with red ribbon students for quicker and faster learning.

Chaubey added, “The difference will be visible within a year and the dropout rate from these schools will be nominal in the next academic session.”

The 15 schools include

Primary

School Baljati 1, Junior High School Baljati, Primary School Kuharapeer, Junior High School Kuharapeer, Primary School Izzat Nagar 1, Primary School Izzat Nagar 2, Junior High School Izzat Nagar, Primary School Kishore Bazar, Junior High School Model Kishore Bazar, Primary School Kharaua 1, Junior High School Kharaua 1, Junior High School Kharaua 2, Primary School Kharaua 2, Primary School Mathurapur and Primary School Tilak Kuharapeer.