The Implementation of National Educational Policy
The implementation of the National Educational Policy (NEP), the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a World Bank-aided scheme, with an entire project cost around Rs 5,718 crore, to build up a national assessment centre and help six states on a pilot basis to enhance learning and assessment in schools.The Ministry of Education (MoE) will establish PARAKH, an assessment centre which will set standards for the 60-odd examination boards within the country through the celebs (Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States) project, it had been announced.PARAKH is among the assessment reforms proposed within the NEP that collectively aim to maneuver school boards faraway from high-stakes examinations and towards holistic assessment.
The STARS Project also will support Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Odisha in improving basic reading and math skills of scholars and undertake assessment reforms, the ministry stated “The STARS project is directed at strengthening the government-managed school education system that primarily caters to the tutorial needs of women and students from marginalised groups," the MoE stated during a release. “The programme covers many key areas: access and retention; Right to Education entitlements; quality interventions; teacher education; gender and equity; inclusive education; entitlements (uniforms, textbooks, scholarships, etc); upgradation of learning environment.”
For the six states, STARS proposes several interventions, starting from developing teacher capacity and teaching-learning material to creating Board exams more competency-based.India's participation within the 2022 cycle of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey also will be funded by this project, it has been informed. PISA, introduced in 2000 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), tests the training levels of 15-year-old children in reading, mathematics, and science. The test is conducted every three years. India stayed far away from PISA in 2012 and 2015 on account of its dismal performance in 2009, when it had been placed 72nd among the 74 participating countries. The government decided to finish the boycott in 2019. The proposal, on the brink of the time of World Bank’s approval, had received flak from NGOs working within the education sector on the grounds that its implications had not been discussed enough. “The project encourages spending taxpayers' money on partnerships with private actors, has no concrete steps to create system capacity from within and is being passed without adequately consulting with stakeholders within the 6 states," OXFAM India stated
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