The School Education Department is paying special attention to the training of teachers working in government schools. The department imparted basic training to 15 thousand newly appointed teachers. Along with this, 5 thousand teachers of English, Mathematics and Science subjects have been provided thematic training. The Additional District Project Coordinator working in the department has been given 5-day leadership training through National University of Education, Administration and Planning, New Delhi (NIPA).
Special courses are being conducted for the students of class 8th who come to government schools to bring their skills in line with their class. Arrangements have been made to provide special training to such students in Hindi, Mathematics and English subjects. Efforts are being made to reduce the dropout rate through this training. Arrangements have been made to provide student workbooks for Hindi, English and Mathematics subjects to such students and teacher workbooks for teachers. Arrangements have also been made to show tips and tricks videos on various subjects to the students of government schools to perform well in the board exams.
There is a system of identifying weak students on the basis of grading in quarterly examinations in order to improve the educational level of students studying in government schools. Remedial module has been prepared by the assessment cell in schools. Guidelines have also been issued from the state level for conducting remedial classes in schools. To find out the learning gap among the students of class 9th and 11th, the State Assessment Cell also conducted diagnostic assessment of more than one lakh students in more than one thousand high schools and higher secondary schools of all the districts of the state.
School Education Department has prepared a platform, Vimarsh Portal, for the academic improvement of teachers and students of government schools. Videos on various subjects for online learning have been made available through the portal. Along with this, answer sheets of students with merit in the board examination, previous year’s question papers have also been made available.