The Punjab Education Department, which has bagged the top rank in the Performance Grading Index, released by the Union Government a couple of months ago, is all set to replicate its performance in the National achievement Survey (NAS) slated to be held on November 12 this year.
“The
school heads are to play a pivotal role in ensuring excellence in the ensuing
National Achievement Survey”, said Education Secretary, Krishan Kumar, while
interacting with the first batch comprising 126 school heads from different
districts of Punjab, who have been attending the workshop, aimed at imparting
Advanced Training regarding National Achievement Survey organised by the
Education Department here at RICM today.
"The
top rank among the states and union territories bagged by Punjab in the
recently released Performance Grading Index could be attributed to the path
breaking initiatives taken by the Punjab government for bringing
in extension and augmentation of infrastructural as well as qualitative
improvement in school education", said Krishan Kumar while lauding the
concerted, consistent and dedicated efforts being put in by the school heads
and teachers to translate the visionary
initiatives in its true spirit at the ground zero level. Now, Punjab
seems fully geared up to excel in the National Achievement Survey too.
The
Education Department, with a view to giving concrete shape to its much cherished
dream, has prepared a roadmap. The Learning Outcome based question banks,
quizzes of different subjects have been prepared on the pattern of NAS question
papers. Besides, questionnaires for the teachers and school heads have also
been prepared. The Learning Material is being made available to the school
heads, teachers and students both in physical and digital form. The teachers
belonging to different subjects have been preparing students for NAS with the
help of LED Projectors in their respective schools.
The
Education Department has already imparted trainings to the DEOs/Dy.DEOs, District Parho Punjab
Coordinators, Cluster Master Trainers(CMTs) Block Master Trainers(BMTs), Zila
Sikhiya Sudhar Teams, District and Block Mentors of different subjects, school heads, subject teachers, private and
govt. aided schools teachers to sensitise them about the NAS. The Advanced
Training Sessions for the school heads have been designed to equip them with
the latest know-how and innovative good practices for achieving excellence in
the National Achievement Survey.
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Assistant
Director(Trainings) SCERT, Salinder Singh, State Resource Persons - Nirmal Kaur, Chander Shekhar, Jasvir Singh
Sekhon, Dr. Harpal Singh, Sushil Bhardwaj, among others, gave valuable tips to
the school heads regarding preparing students, teachers as well as themselves
for the ensuing National achievement Survey. The Resource Persons answered the
queries and cleared the doubts of the school heads.