Promoting Quality and Sustainable Schools: An Educational Perspective
Education plays a crucial role in promoting quality and sustainable schools. The focus is on shifting to student-centric learning outcomes, encompassing various aspects like curriculum design, pedagogy, and teacher competency. Sustainability in schools emphasizes the importance of resource management and well-being, guiding young individuals towards sustainable living practices. The NEP 2020 highlights the need for universal access, equitable education, and reforms in assessment to ensure quality and sustainability in schools.
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Promoting Promoting Quality and Quality and Sustainable Sustainable Schools Schools Presented by Rahul Pachori Deputy Secretary Dept of School Education & Literacy Ministry of Education 14thSeptember 2021
Is Education a Good Thing? the volume of education has increased and continues to increase, yet so do pollution, exhaustion of resources, and the dangers of ecological catastrophe. If still more education is to save us, it would have to be education of a different kind: an education that takes us into the depth of things. (Schumacher, 1997)
Quality in Schools Quality in Schools Access to education has improved but Quality of education is lagging Primary Focus must shift to learning outcomes with a Student not textbook centric approach Learning loss due to pandemic is accompanied with some learning gain in skills Quality in education encompasses the curriculum design, learning resources, pedagogy, assessment designs, teacher competency and technology. This vision of Quality and Sustainable Schools is an approach to strive a balance between society, economy and environment.
Sustainability & Sustainable School Sustainable School A Sustainable School prepares young people for a lifetime of sustainable living, through its teaching, fabric and its day-to-day practices. It is guided by a commitment to care: for ourselves (our health and well-being) for others (across cultures, distances and generations) for the planet (both locally and globally) A Sustainable School puts a high value on the well-being of its pupils and the school environment. Sustainability is concerned with sound management of resources (environmental and others) that requires a change in thinking and practice.
NEP 2020: Focus on Quality & NEP 2020: Focus on Quality & Sustainable Schools Sustainable Schools Universal Access from pre-primary school to Equitable and inclusive education Grade 12 Standard-setting and Accreditation for School Early Childhood Care Education Education Multilingualism and the power of language exposure to vocational education National Professional Standards for Teachers Reforms in assessment (NPST)
Sustaining Education Outside the Schools Sustaining Education Outside the Schools
INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE QUALITY AND SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS
Focus on the Quality of Education under Samagra Shiksha Scheme 2.0 Focus on Learning outcomes Learning and Assessment including NAS. Composite School Grant Learning Enhancement Programme (LEP) Student and Teacher Exchange Programme ICT Initiatives NISHTHA PGI NIPUN Bharat
Exemplar Schools Exemplar Schools More than 15,000 schools will be qualitatively strengthened to include all components of the National Education Policy. They shall emerge as exemplar schools in their regions, handholding and mentoring other schools to achieve the ideals of the Policy (NEP, Para 116) The aim of these schools will not only be cognitive development, but also creating holistic and well-rounded individuals equipped with key 21st century skills More than 15 lakh students are expected to be the direct beneficiaries of the scheme. KVS and NVS schools will also be included States/UTs can create cluster/complex around these exemplar schools to enable the benefit to reach to more schools/students in the cluster.
Externally Aided Projects Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Program (STARS) STARS program aided through World Bank funding focuses on: (Participating States are MP, HP, Odisha, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan) improved learning and strengthening of school governance Strengthening early childhood education and foundational learning facilitating schools to work transition through vocational education improve learning assessment mechanisms support teacher development strengthening of service delivery ensure achievement of outcomes (Result based lending model is deployed)
Whole School Sustainability Framework Barr, S. K., Cross, J. E., & Dunbar, B. H. (2014). THE WHOLE-SCHOOL SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK
Quality and Sustainable Schools means involving the whole school and its mechanisms in an action research like process accepting that school development is not only a complex process but also partially unforeseeable It needs to be a continuous quest embedded in a structure with regular assessment and revision of quality criteria proposed and concrete action plans The Way Forward Promoting Quality and Sustainable Schools is an ongoing quest of developing schools, building school culture and communities in directions that benefit all learners, now and in the future and at the same time minimize our negative environmental impact.
The Yellow Train School The Yellow Train School An alternative Model An alternative Model Bogie Library Yellow Train Yellow Train: Coach in the playground
Education for life, education through life, education throughout life - Mahatma Gandhi education throughout Education for life, education through life, life Thank You
