The private sector should come forward and contribute in enhancing the quality of education in government schools, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday while launching a portal for coordinating private contributions towards school development.
Addressing the inauguration of the 10-day long Shikshak Parv, Mr Modi also praised teachers for using online teaching and assessment methods to promote learning during the COVID crisis, shows recent surveys. Many students in rural India did not have access to digital education. Epidemic.
Talking Books Project
He launched five initiatives on Tuesday as part of the implementation of the National Education Policy, including a 10,000-word dictionary for Indian Sign Language and a talking book project for visually impaired students.
A teacher training program for early childhood education, a standards setting authority for the Central Board of Secondary Education and Vidyanjali 2.0 portal to facilitate private donors, corporate social responsibility contributions and voluntary activities are part of the initiative.
The Prime Minister stressed that the transformation of the education sector is “not only policy-based but participatory-based”, and added that the NEP included consultations with academics, teachers and other stakeholders at every level.
“Now that we have to take this partnership to a new level, we have to involve the society as well,” he said. “In this society, our private sector has to come forward and contribute in enhancing the quality of education in government schools.”
praise for teachers
Mr Modi praised the teachers for their efforts during the pandemic. “In this Corona period, you all have shown the power of our education system. The challenges were many but you all solved them fast. Online classes, group video calls, online projects, online exams, many such words were not heard before. But our teachers, parents and our youth have easily made them a part of daily life.”
However, a recent report Effect of school shutdown in 15 states A team headed by economist Jean Dreze noted that only 8% of rural students and 24% of urban students had regular access to digital education during the pandemic. Among rural students, 37% had stopped reading altogether.
Another survey by the Annual Status of Education Report in Rural Karnataka found that primary and elementary students faced a year of learning losses in basic literacy and numeracy.
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