Chief Minister Hemant Soren has made a concrete move towards providing quality education to the students of Jharkhand and converting Government schools into Model Schools. On the completion of one year of the Government, the CM announced that 27 district schools from across the State will be developed as Model School. All these schools will be affiliated to CBSE. Moving forward, Infrastructure development in 53 more schools will be done and these will also be affiliated to CBSE.
In the second phase 500 schools will be developed as a school of excellence under the ‘Adarsh Vidyalaya Scheme’. In the third phase the State government plans to haveModel schools in each panchayat.
The target is to benefit lakhs of children by further expanding the scheme in the coming future. It is resolved to make Adarsh Vidyalaya Scheme the flagship scheme for the State so that the government schools can be made at par with national and international standards in terms of accessibility, equality, and quality education.
Model Schools will cater to the students from pre-primary level to class 12th. There is a plan to admit one thousand to 1200 students to the proposed schools.
Admission into these schools will be on merit through tests. For admission into the initial classes, the government plans to give priority to the children living near the school area.
There is a plan to start a campaign, ‘Aao Padhein Khoob Padhein’, for motivating students to read the textbook and impart them with the ability to read books.
In this regard, a targeted class of book reading will be conducted for children. Text Books, Story Books, Articles, etc will be used as reading material for students to practice pronunciation and improving reading ability.
Along with this, cooperation will be sought from different organizations working in the field of education, NCERT, NEIP, and other institutions to improve the English speaking ability of students.
A dedicated language lab will also be operated in these Model Schools to improve learning outcomes and it will also be used as a review mechanism tool.
With the help of premier institutes of the country such as IIM, XLRI, NCERT, NEIP, the principals and teachers deputed in Model Schools will be given focused training as per the National & International Standards.
Through this training, focus will be to develop the competence and leadership capacity of the principals and teachers who lead the school operations.
To ensure student-centered teaching subject-wise training will be provided to the teachers posted in the school on a timely basis for the development of the technical capacity of the subject and smart management of the classroom. NCERT and DIETs will be made effective for the training of teachers.
Besides, capacity development will be done through a continuous system of evaluation of teachers, improvement in the quality of schools through Rajya Shikshak Parivartan Dal (State Teacher Transformation Team), Motivation Camp, Educational orientation of teachers, and other-oriented programs.