Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday asked teachers to focus more on the overall development of students from class 1 to class 8, rather than directing their energy on completing the syllabus.
Sisodia asked the Education Department to pay more attention in this regard from the academic year 2017-18. He said that the focus should be on attaining grade wise learning Outcomes and not on merely completing the course. The Deputy CM also pointed out that the outcome indicators should be self- explanatory so that teachers can track the progress of their students on a regular basis and take corrective action.
They should also be able to communicate the same to the parents of the students.
Sisodia on Friday chaired a meeting to discuss the draft grade wise learning Outcomes prepared by National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for class 1 to 8. The meeting was attended by Secretary Education, Director Education, Director State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and other senior officials of the Directorate of Education.
It was decided that SCERT, being the academic authority of the NCT of Delhi for the purpose of Section 29 of the RTE Act, would prepare the grade wise learning outcomes by adopting/adapting the NCERT’s draft in the context of Delhi. Further, the Directorate of Education would invite the teachers union like GSTA, DASTAN, DASS, Teachers Union of Municipal Corporations, Aided Schools Teachers Associations and Private Unaided Teachers Associations to give their written inputs on the NCERT's draft in the context of Delhi and how to ensure that it is actually attained.
SCERT would also conduct training of all Directorate of Education’s teachers of class 1 to class 8 by June 2017 to strengthen their pedagogical skills in order to improve learning of children in these classes.
Besides, an Assessment Unit would be set up under the Directorate of Education with the mandate of developing the assessment tools and supervising its administration to measure the learning outcomes across schools. This Unit will help the department in understanding the learning issues empirically and in designing future training or other support strategies.