With a view to promote excellence in the rural and the government schools, Tata Steel’s Tata Quality Management Services (TQMS) has come up with an innovative tool ‘Saral’, a simpler version of the education excellence criteria. With the support of Tata Steel and Tata Motors, TQMS is gearing up to implement ‘Saral’ in village schools.
In order to explain the nitty-gritty’s of ‘Saral’ to the stakeholders, a function was organised at Centre for Excellence Auditorium in Jamshedpur on July 10, 2014. At the onset, NK Sharan, vice president, TQMS, initiated the proceedings stating that the day’s function was an important milestone for the village schools as it marked the beginning of their excellence journey and a stepping stone towards change.
Dr Deepali Misra, Consultant, TQMS, briefed the gathering on ‘Saral’ guidelines. She also highlighted the assessment steps to be followed by the schools. In the first phase, 24 schools are to be covered under Saral programme within a year. Prakash, Assistant DPO, Department of Education, Jharkhand while addressing the gathering stated that his department was happy to support the schools on this journey and encouraged the schools to participate in the initiative.
The participants comprised of principals, school management committee members, Mukhiyas of village schools, which were going to participate in the initiative. The CSR members of Tata Motors and Tata Steel also attended the function. TQMS as part of its Tata Education Excellence Programme (TEEP) has initiated a drive to bring excellence in schools. Over 40 schools in and around Jamshedpur have been covered under TEEP so far.