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| Pioneering initiatives under implementation to transform education sector: Farooq Shah |
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 20- Minister
for Education Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari has welcomed state’s 2nd rank
in education sector in India Today’s annual ‘State of
the States’ ranking.
The state was judged on various parameters including average student to
class room ratio, transition rate from primary to upper primary, number of
girls enrolled in primary, pupil teacher ratio, dropout rate, number of schools
and colleges per lakh population.
The Minister welcoming the ranking given to the state said that this
result has been achieved due to focused attention by the government to
education sector both in qualitative and in quantitative terms.
The annual exercise takes into account objective data sourced from
government and other authentic sources to gauge the performance of Indian
states across various parameters in key sectors.
Secretary, School Education Farooq A Shah while commenting on the
achievement said that this ranking marks a significant improvement for the
state but a lot needs to be done still to ensure best possible education at all
levels for the state youth.
Listing various initiatives under implementation in the education
sector, the Secretary said that concept of clusterization was introduced in
under which clusters of all the schools were made in the catchment area of a
Higher Secondary School and this Cluster was made as an Academic and Planning
unit. This idea helped to foster healthy competition between clusters for
resource mobilization and performance.
Speaking about another important initiative called ‘CM Super
50, a programme to provide free coaching and guidance for entrance exams
including IIT/JEE/AIPMT/CET, the Secretary said that at least 60 students from
these super-50 centres have come out with flying colours for IIT/JEE, NIT
Srinagar and AMU medical Entrance Examinations.
Various other steps including winter tutorials, winter camps,
strengthening Pre-primary sections of the schools across the division (ECCE
Programme), minimum learning levels & android application, change in
examination pattern, school herbal gardens, Xuanzang international internship in
education, and GO- NGO co-ordination have also contributed a lot in improving
this vital sector.
He further said that various partner organizations mainly PRATHAM, PACE
academy, Simple Education Foundation (SEF), JKASW, UNICEF, Chinar
International, TATA ClassEdge and others are also been working with the
education department to bring positive and visible changes on ground and this
process has proved to be a good exercise.
Meanwhile, Director School Education Kashmir Dr G N Itoo and Director
School Education Jammu, Ravinder Singh have also welcomed the ranking.
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