To improve learning levels, stop labelling schools

We need to hold every school accountable for minimum benchmarks of learning. The first step to achieve this is to measure the performance of schools against benchmarks regularly.

Several studies have shown that the learning levels among India’s students are poor. And yet, plans to improve the quality of education remains vague and unintelligent. The 2019 Congress manifesto expresses concern about the outcomes and proposes use of technology-enabled teaching methods to redress the problem. The BJP refers to quality of learning only once in its manifesto and plans to remedy it by improving teacher training and capacity building. But NITI Aayog, the government’s think tank, in its 2017-20 action plan, said teacher training or technology-enabled solutions in isolation are not effective to solve the learning outcome deficit.

While we need many reforms, we must move away from labelling schools as recognised, unrecognised, government and private. Instead, ......

Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/to-improve-learning-levels-stop-labelling-schools/story-wnfkejz5cKVqYv8eEVVimN.html (Accessed on April 25, 2019)