NAS 2021 Report Card Puts J&K Schools Ahead Of National Average

Director SCERT urges teachers to work harder in future to improve performance, quality further

By Farooq Shah

SRINAGAR- Jammu and Kashmir has registered an impressive performance in the sample-based National Achievement Survey (NAS) conducted by the Ministry of Education for classes 3, 5, 8 and 10 on November 12 last year.

We’re Revamping SCERT in a Big Way: B K Singh

"Efforts are on to make SCERT J&K No.1 institution of the country."

By Farooq Shah

SRINAGAR- Hailing the efforts of the Education Department, Administrative Secretary, School Education Department, B K Singh, Tuesday, said that his efforts are aimed at making the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) as the No.1 institution of the country.

SCERT Concludes National Curriculum Framework’s Position Paper Exercise

 By Farooq Shah

SRINAGAR- Three more State Focus Groups (SFGs) held a consultative meeting to finalize the position papers prepared by the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) at the State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) in Bemina here today.

3-Day workshop on teachers' manual begins at SCERT

 

A three-day workshop on "Review and Contextualization of Teachers Handbook For ECCE grades" began at SCERT today. Academic Officer, Sheikh Gulzar Ahmad, who is also the Divisional Nodal Officer (DNO) of the NIPUN Bharat Mission, conducted the workshop. He distributed among resource persons a teacher training manual on the subject. The document will be reviewed before being implemented on the ground.

Experts Call NEP-2020 A ‘Liberating’ Document, Hail NCF

More focus groups meet over finalizing position papers, SCF

By Farooq Shah

SRINAGAR- Continuing with the exercise of finalising the position papers prepared by the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT), three more State Focus Groups (SFGs) held a consultative meet at the State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) division office here at Bemina.

Focus Groups on State Curriculum Framework Holds Meeting At SCERT

As part of the development of National Curriculum Framework (NCF), The State Focus Group (SFG) formed to complete the position papers on 25 themes/areas identified as per the NEP-2020 met at SCERT office in Bemina. The group comprised experts from various fields and faculties. These draft SCFs will provide inputs to the development of the NCF.

Focus Group on National Curriculum Framework Holds Meeting At SCERT

By Farooq Shah

SRINAGAR- As part of the development of National Curriculum Framework (NCF), one of the twenty-five State Focus Groups (SFGs) formed to complete the position papers identified as per the NEP-2020 met at the State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) division office here at Bemina.

With an aim to cast aside rigidity and exclusivity, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) which has been tasked with the responsibility of framing NCF, has formed several groups comprising experts from various fields to prepare position papers on some 25 themes/areas.

The SCERT and has been nominated as a nodal agency to prepare the State Curriculum Framework (SCF) through a series of consultative meetings involving educationists, teacher educators, resource persons, representatives from Social Welfare Department, parents and neo-literates.

The NCF Committee has appointed chairmen, member secretaries and members to prepare the position papers. Four NCFs have been laid out by the NEP 2020 on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), School Education (SE), Teacher Education (TE) and Adult Education (AE) have been laid out by the NEP 2020.

All states and UTs have been asked to prepare their State Curriculum Frameworks (SCFs) passing through the process of District Level Consultations (DLC), mobile app survey and development of position papers by the State Focus Groups in 25 areas/themes identified as per the NEP, 2020.

Shakeel Ahmad Khan, Technical Assistant, SCERT, explaining the technical aspects of the NCF dashboard.

“In all 70 questions—40 for School Education, 10 each for ECCE, Adult Education and Teacher Education—were prepared by the NCERT,” Academic Officer, G H Reshi, who has been appointed as Nodal Officer, SCF, informed.

Academic Officer, SCERT, Rubina Salma and Head, Education Planning, Management and Monitoring (EPM&M), SCERT, Riyaz Ahmad Dar, who have been appointed as member secretaries by the NCF Committee for Inclusive Education and Social Science respectively, welcomed the participants.

Prof Iqbal Matto from the School of Education & Behavioural Sciences, University of Kashmir and Javed-ul-Aziz, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Kashmir have been appointed as Chairmen for Inclusive Education and Social Sciences respectively.

“The members had a thorough discussion on the multiple themes in the e-template provided by the SCERT,” Javed said. “Fortunately we have a highly capable team comprising members from various departments viz., History, Geography, Political Science and Social work.”

The questions in the template, Javed said, were distributed among the members as per their expertise and interest.

“It’s an exhaustive exercise requiring research at various levels viz., anecdotal, empirical and archival,” he said. “We shall be ready with the draft within a few days ready to be uploaded on the NCF tech platform,” he said. “

Pertinently, the NCERT had despatched a team last month to interact with diverse stakeholders at a consultative meet on the SCF.

“The inclusion of local flavour in the curriculum would help cast aside rigidity and exclusivity,” Prof Anita Nuna, former head, Department of Curriculum Studies, NCERT, New Delhi, said. “The National Education Policy 2020 has been designed in a manner that it allows—through discussions and consultative meetings with the stakeholders—the inclusion of the local flavour, value systems, socio-economic backgrounds and the best practices of any state or UT before the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) is given a shape.”

A bottom-up procedure, she said, had been adopted for the first time to frame the national curriculum based on several novel concepts such as competency-based education, experiential learning, flexibility, creative and critical thinking.

Dedhar Posted as Joint Director SCERT, Kashmir Division

Mohammad Sharif Dedhar, currently holding the position of Chief Education Officer, Anantnag, has been posted as Joint Director, SCERT vide Order No: 722 Edu of 2022, Dt 07/05/2022 for period of 3 years. 

Joint Director SCERT, Kashmir, Shams-ud-Din Bhat Bats For Better Work Culture

Joint Director, SCERT, Shams-ud-Din Bhat paid a visit to the Bemina office today and held an interactive session with the staff here. 

He impressed upon a better work culture and told the staff to work dedicatedly towards making the SCERT an important functionary to serve the cause of education.