To sensitise the private school students and make them familiar with the present condition of Government schools, besides providing equal opportunity to the kids of Government schools to study in private schools as a part of student exchange programme, Department of School literacy and Education conducted a meeting with the private school principals on Monday.
“This is an attempt to make kids aware about each other classroom programmes. All the school principals are now ready and are supporting the concept. After conducting meeting with Government schools principals’ final draft for the programme will be prepared,” said, School Education and literacy Department, Secretary, Aradhana Patnaik.
The programme will emphasise on spoken English, general knowledge, personality development programme including communication skills for the Government school children whereas the unique concept of Child Cabinet (Bal Sansad) will be adopted by the students studying in private schools.
“Apart from the student exchange programme, the department is also planning for the teachers exchange programme. At present 55 private schools are ready and each school will espouse one Government school. Number of students including the schedule for the programme will be decided soon after studying various facets,” added Patnaik.
With the motive to boost the skills of young minds and make them compatible with varied aspects of education system including the experience of learning in different environment, few months back Prime Minister’s office (PMO) had issued a circular, suggesting to initiate students exchange programme between the Government schools and private school students.
The communique mentioned that it is mandatory for the students of both public and private schools to get acquainted with each other method of teachings and learning procedures.
“The initiative will make children aware about the reality of education system and will also provide exposure to students. The exchange programmes are innovative and will help to shape students personality. Innovative skills and temperament of students can be augmented following such concepts,” Patnaik said.
The meeting headed by Patnaiak held at conference Hall of project building was attended by principals of 41 private schools of Ranchi. DSE cum DPO Jayant Mishra and DEO Ranchi Raj Kumar Singh were also present.