Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held a review meeting on reforms introduced in education sector and New Education Policy(NEP) and directed the officials to focus on construction of additional classrooms at required locations to implement the NEP in next academic year.
During the review meeting held at the camp office , the Chief Minister instructed officials to prepare an action plan regarding construction of additional class rooms and start works immediately and added to identify required number of teachers.
The main purpose of NEP is to keep the teacher-student ratio rational and ensure subject-wise teachers. The officials informed the Chief Minister that NEP will be implemented in three phases over the three academic years from 2021–22 to 2022–23 and 2023–24 and added that 25,396 primary schools will be merged into UP (Upper Primary) schools and high schools. They said 2663 primary schools were merged this academic year in first phase covering 2,05,071 students under NEP. A total of 9.5 lakh students are covered under new education policy for this academic year.
Officials informed the Chief Minister that CBSE has given nod for affiliation of 1,092 schools for 2021–22 academic year and added that the students will write CBSE 10th Class Board exams for the first time in academic year 2024-25. They said only 24,000 schools have CBSE affiliation globally and it’s a record that CBSE affiliation is given to 1,092 school in an academic year to a single state in a country.
The Chief Minister directed the officials to increase the efficiency of District Institute for Education and Training (DIET) institutions and said teachers should be given best quality training. He instructed the officials to setup a helpline number to complain about any problems or difficulties regarding facilities in schools and the number should be displayed so that it would be visible to everyone in every school. The officials should monitor the call center and take feedback from them and take appropriate action. He also instructed the officials to lay special focus on English and make use of the dictionaries given to students.
Aided schools He reiterated that surrendering of aided schools to the state government was completely voluntary and the intention was to do good and help the managements, teachers and students of aided institutions by improving their prevailing conditions. He said if managements handover the institutions that they are unable to run, Government will revive them and the names of the donors will be retained safeguarding the management ideals. He said even those institutions that earlier opted to surrender institutions or only teachers can reconsider their decision.
The Chief Minister instructed the officials to focus on maintenance of toilets in schools and said regular inspections should be conducted. He said Head Masters should focus on providing quality education, midday meals and other facilities and added that everyday monitoring should be done. He instructed the officials to take regular feedback on Gorumuddha scheme from parents and students and take necessary steps in case of any problems. He said Collectors, JCs and officials should monitor the scheme and check the quality of the food. He instructed the officials to bring the concept of ‘Learn to Learn’ in the curriculum and said the concept of learning various subjects through the internet and electronic devices and teaching them to others should be taught to children.
Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh, School Education Principal Secretary Buditi Rajashekar, Women and Child Welfare Principal Secretary A R Anuradha, School Education Director (MDM and Sanitation) B M Diwan, Women and Child Welfare Director Krutika Shukla, Sarwa Siksha Abhiyan Project Director Vetri Selvi, School Education Director V Chinaveerabadhrudu, APREIS Secretary V Ramulu and other officials were present.
