The National Education Policy-2020 is being implemented effectively by the School Education Department to enhance the quality of education in the schools of the state. For the implementation of the policy, 14 committees of senior officers have been constituted by the State Government under the chairmanship of Commissioner and Director level. These committees are related to various groups and areas of the National Education Policy.
The state government has constituted a task force under the chairmanship of the School Education Minister. Senior officers of the School Education Department are ex-officio members in this. Government and non-government educationists have also been included in the committee.
Discussion among members
Discussion has also been held among the members for the National Education Policy and implementation. In this, expert speeches have been given in coordination with Azim Premji Foundation. During the orientation, the Head of the Department of NCERT also gave information about the National Curriculum Foundation (NCF) Stage Development Process and State Curriculum Foundation (SCF) Stage. The New Education Policy (NEP) Tracker is being regularly updated as per the guidelines of the National Education Policy by the Central Government.
Equitable and Inclusive Education
9550 new children with special needs (CWSN) have been identified in the state and their enrollment in classes 9 to 12 has been ensured. Along with this, 8500 teachers in the state have also been given special training in 2 sessions in the year 2024 for teaching children with special needs. Resource centers have been developed by the School Education Department in all the development blocks.
Emphasis on Vocational Education
In the new education policy, emphasis has been laid on providing vocational education in schools. Vocational education is being conducted in 2383 schools in the state.
In these, about 4 lakh students have been enrolled and arrangements have been made to provide them vocational education in 14 trades. Agriculture faculty is being run in 798 higher secondary schools of the state and agriculture trade in 465 higher secondary schools. Under the STARS project, vocational education has been started for dropout students along with regular students in 100 schools. Labs for 2 vocational trades are being built in every CM Rise school of the state. Robotics labs have also been established in 52 CM Rise schools of the department.
Apart from the currently running IT courses, new courses like AI coding are being prepared with the help of Pt. Sundarlal Sharma Institute of Vocational Education. Under Tuning of School, 520 schools have been tuned, under which these schools exchange best practices among themselves.