Former Deputy CM and AJSU party chief, Sudesh Kumar Mahto on Friday said that in an attempt to improve the literacy rate of the State, the Government must focus on kids residing in rural pockets of Jharkhand as majority of students hails from rural background.
Emphasizing on issues that affect students at Education vision 2025 conclave, here on Friday, Mahto said, “None of students should be analyzed on basis of their grades. The schools must prepare a list of all students blessed with different qualities. Besides ensuring equal representation of students from different stratum of society, teachers must focus on holistic development of the children while making academics interesting merged with several other co-curricular activities for making them global citizens.”
The AJSU chief also said that local history of the State must be added in the syllabus of all the schools irrespective of their board of affiliation. Mahto alongwith other academicians presented their views to further improve the status of present education scenario considering the coming years. The vision documents that are being compiled with the inputs from the principals, teachers including other academicians across the nation will be submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource Development, GoI.
Focusing on five major agendas that include a vent for the next generation with complete control and guidance by educators, introduction of the internet with utmost care, creating a community media for schools, providing fair chance to all students in inter-school competitions, building life skills via events and talent identification for career assistance were prominently taken up by the speakers.
Principal, Delhi Public School, Dr. Ram Singh said that learning activities should not be merely restricted to textbooks and copies but must be linked up with new media applications.