It has been decided to assess quality of education in 20 thousand schools in 52 selected blocks of 46 districts in Madhya Pradesh during academic session 2015-16. A pilot project was already conducted in 100 schools of three districts Dhar, Sagar and Bhopal 3 years ago under school quality programme in coordination with Britain’s “Department for International Development” (DFID) and voluntary organisation Arc. last year, 2 thousand primary, middle, high and higher secondary schools in 5 districts of Bhopal division were assessed. In view of pilot project’s results and implementation, the state government has expanded it to 46 districts.
Except districts of Bhopal division, the government has sent brief instruction of School Quality Programme, norms for selection of assessors and calendar of activities to be conducted in districts to remaining districts’ DPCs, DEOs and DIET principals. list of 52 blocks and details of number of schools have also been sent. Directives have been given to proceed for selection of internal and external assessors as per prescribed norms. Two assessors will be deployed. Internal assessors will be selected from Jan-Shikshaks, Gyanpunj/other arrangements made by DEOs. Retired principals, head masters or lecturers will be selected as external assessors. High and higher secondary schools will also be assessed for which selection of retired principals is mandatory.
All Jan-Shikshaks including in block’s list will do internal assessment. In case they are not posted in a block, then internal assessors will include BRCs or in-charge persons of Jan-Shiksha Kendra. In case of class IX to XII, 3 Gyanpunjs/DEO will select prescribed members in every district. One external assessor will be selected for every Jan-Shiksha Kendra. Waiting list of assessors will also be chalked out keeping in view specific situations and they will be paid honorarium as per rules. Committees will be constituted for identification and selection of external assessors. DEO will be Chairman, DIET Principal Vice-Chairman, DPC Member Secretary and APC Academic and BRC will be members of the committee.
District level committee for selection of internal and external assessors will be constituted by May 15 while information about internal assessors will be collected till May 10 and external assessors till May 25. Following selection of internal and external assessors till May 28, their lists will be got endorsed by district committee. lists of both types of assessors will made available to Rajya Shiksha Kendra by May 30.