School Education Minister Kedar Kashyap has said that positive change had been witnessed in the quality of education being imparted in Government schools under Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Education Quality Campaign which is being conducted across the State since last financial year 2015-16 to improve quality of school education.This year, the number of classes conducted will be the focal point of the campaign and assessment of teaching style of teachers will be done, he said.Kashyap informed that the improvement in quality of education in schools under Education Quality Campaign is being reviewed, and necessary measures to eliminate shortcomings are also being taken actively.
He said that in the first year of the campaign, schools in the State have undergone major positive changes. This campaign has resulted in increased regular attendance of teachers in 11,562 schools.
likewise, the experiment of group teaching method has been started in 10 thousand 434 schools, print rich environment has been created by teachers in nine thousand 236 schools, school development scheme has been chalked out with community support in eight thousand 760 schools, and in eight thousand 315 schools, school development scheme has been effectively implemented for quality improvement. Besides, regular publication of children's magazine has been started in eight thousand 231 schools.
Kashyap informed that last year, social audit of 43 thousand 529 schools was done in September month, under Education Quality Campaign. Based on which 11 thousand 94 schools were awarded 'A' grade, 16 thousand 569 schools were given 'B' grade, 10 thousand 676 schools were identified as 'C' grade and five thousand 190 schools were marked as 'D' grade. Number of activities is being conducted in all 15 thousand 866 'C' and 'D' grade schools to improve quality of education.
Academic inspection of 15,510 schools in the month of October, 2015, and that of 15, 555 schools was done in the month of January 2016. Many programmes for skill development were organized in schools under this campaign.