Delhi's own education board will be operational from next year, government schools will not be imposed: Sisodia
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| Dy CM Manish Sisodia |
New Delhi: Education Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that Delhi's own Board of School Education is likely to be operational from next year, but unlike other states, it will not be imposed on government schools. Giving details of the plan to set up the state board of education, Sisodia said that this board will be in line with the proposed reforms in the new National Education Policy (NEP) and focus on continuous assessment and not on examinations at the end of the year.
Sisodia told PTI in an interview, “We have recently constituted two committees to work on curriculum reforms along with the proposed board. Ideally, we can make it operational from next year. Initially, about 40 government or private school schools will be affiliated with the board. ”
He said, "In other state boards, it happens that private schools have the option to choose either CBSE, ICSE or state board whereas in state schools the syllabus of the state board is applicable, but here it is government and private Will be optional for both types of schools. We want to make the board useful and prosperous. "
Last month, the Delhi government constituted two committees to form the state education board and to prepare plans and frameworks for curriculum reforms. The AAP government in its annual budget of March announced plans to set up a separate board of education for the national capital. Sisodia said that his government is studying in detail the recently announced new education policy.
He said, "We are studying the policy in detail. We are already working on some of the proposed improvements. It has some flaws but also some good things. I have told two committees that our board will be in line with the new education policy as we are together as a nation but our focus will not be on evaluating students once a year and we will not encourage the process of teaching by rote. "
Regarding the proposal for education in the mother tongue or regional language by the National Education Policy, Sisodia said, "I fully agree that the medium of instruction should be the mother tongue in the early years so that the foundation is strong but I believe it is the basic years Or it should be limited to the pre-preparatory stage. It is not a good idea to take it up to class five."
Manish Sisodia lashed out at the National Testing Agency (NTA) proposal for a general entrance test for universities. He said, "Why do we need this model? Our entire focus is already on board exams and soon after that, we have to do another exam. Focusing only on exams will not distract from the rote learning process. I think there should be one of these exams. ''
The National Education Policy, approved by the Union Cabinet last month, has replaced the 34-year-old National Education Policy formulated in 1986 and aims to pave the way for transformative reforms in schools and higher education systems to make India a global knowledge superpower.
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