Tata Steel's Tata Quality Management Services (TQMS) organised 'Education Quality Improvement Projects (EQUIP) Day at Centre For Excellence Auditorium. Its aim was to recognise the improvement efforts of Jamshedpur schools in various areas of school functioning.
A total of 13 projects were shortlisted out of 71 for presentation before a jury comprising RP Tyagi, former senior general manager, Tata Steel, Prof Sharad Sarin, Senior Faculty, XlRI and Alok Krishna, Chief, TQM, Tata Steel. Ruchi Narendran, managing trustee, JEM Foundation also graced the occasion with her presence.
This year the participating schools are: Baug-E-Jamsheed School, Gulmohur High School, Hill Top School, TElCO, JH Tarapore School, Jamshedpur Public School, JUSCO School Kadma, JUSCO School, South Park Kasidih High School, KPS, Burmamines, KPS, Kadma, KPS, Mango, KPS, Gamharia and others
Jury member Prof Sharad Sarin, XlRI, gave away certificates of participation to the teams that made the presentations. Jury leader, RP Tyagi also gave away certificates of participation to the remaining project teams. He appreciated the efforts that schools are making in performance improvement. He added that emphasis of education should be not only academics but character and values as well. It was encouraging to see the efforts made by schools in Jamshedpur in this direction. He also stressed the need for the schools of Jamshedpur to work hand in hand with rural schools to bring them up.
EQUIP was initiated in 2010 to help schools identify and work on improvement areas. More than 50% of the participating schools have been reporting EQUIPs since then. Improvement projects are reported under three types- Innovation, Problem Solving and Executing Task. This year, the improvement projects also include those which are adapted from other schools. Since 2010, a cumulative total of over 259 improvement projects have been submitted so far involving 1200 teachers.
What is noteworthy is that here is greater focus on projects related to 'teaching methods' , 'learning process' and 'leveraging IT in school functions'. Other projects are related with Safety, Student Assessment, Health & hygiene, Ethics and Counselling, School Discipline, Developing Student Allround ability , etc.