Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has announced the constitution of two committees to prepare the scheme and framework for formation of Delhi education board and curriculum reforms.
The announcement was made in a meeting convened on Wednesday. In the annual budget 2020-21, the government had announced its plans for curriculum reforms and creating a new board of education for Delhi.
Starting the discussion with the exemplary performance of Delhi government schools in Class 12 Board examinations, Sisodia said that the team education should start thinking of taking education to the next level.
“Our Delhi government schools have showcased exemplary performance in class 12 board exam results. This is a reflection of the work that has been done in the last 5 years. But 98 per cent result is not enough, we have to work together to take education to the next level,” he said.
Our vision for the next five years is to transform the education system of Delhi and these two committees constituted for the purpose.
“The committee for the creation of the framework for the Delhi State Education Board will study global best practices in learning assessment, re-imagine current assessment practices and provide a roadmap for an innovative, student-friendly scheme of assessment to be followed by the new education board of Delhi,” the government said in a statement.
Members of this committee include Professor Ankur Sarin (faculty member, IIM Ahmedabad), Dr Wilima Wadhwa (Director of ASER Centre), Ashok Pandey (Director of Ahlcon Group of Schools) amongst others.
The committee for the creation of the new curriculum for children up to the age of 14 years will study globally renowned best practices in curriculum and reforms and recommend what is best suited for Delhi. The Committee is mandated to re-imagine current curriculum, pedagogical practices and provide a roadmap for an innovative, student-friendly curriculum for the pre-primary, primary and upper primary stages in the schools of Delhi. Members of this committee include Abha Adams, Ameeta Wattal (Principal, Springdales School), Dr Rukmini Banerji (CEO, Pratham Education Foundation); Vinod Karate ( Social Entrepreneur and CEO, The Teacher App) amongst others.
The education minister also stated that he convened a joint meeting of these committees, as curriculum and assessment are inextricably linked to each other.
Speaking at the joint meeting, the minister said that the government under the leadership of CM Arvind Kejirwal has shown what can be done within the existing education system in the past five years, by bringing about massive transformation in the quality of education.
“But now the team should think about redesigning the education system in a way that will suit the demand and challenges of the 21st century world,” he said.