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Uttarakhand education department launches DEEKSHA to raise quality of education.
DEEKSHA consists of – Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) and Learning Level Assessment (LLA) for the primary and senior classes respectively. DEEKSHA is launched to negate the effects of the ‘No Detention Policy’ mandated by the Right to education (RTE) till class VIII.
Uttarakhand state launched the DEEKSHA – "Dedication to Enhance Education through Knowledge, Skill and Habit Assessment" program to raise the quality of education delivered by the education department on Wednesday at the state secretariat by chief secretary, Shatrughna Singh.
While addressing present education officials and the district magistrates and chief education officers of the 13 districts across the state via video-conferencing, Singh spelled out the need to work on improving the quality of education in the government schools and directed them to take personal interest in the successful implementation of DEEKSHA. He further said that he will personally monitor the progress of model schools in the state.
Besides this, Singh directed all to ensure that AADHAR cards of all the students are made as soon as possible so that the requisite information about them can be seeded with their bank accounts. He also asked for repair work to be undertaken on a priority basis for dilapidated school buildings.
D Senthil Pandiyan said, "The primary aim of the DEEKSHA project is to make sure that regular assessment of the students' performance is done and the remedial measures to improve their knowledge base and performance are taken. The program will be taken up like a campaign in all the schools across our state and education officials would take active participation in ensuring that it is monitored well with timely inspections. We sincerely hope and believe this would help in raising the level of quality of education in state owned schools and more children would take interest in joining the government run schools"
Essentially, DEEKSHA consists of – Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) and Learning Level Assessment (LLA). While the CCE would help assess the learning levels in primary classes, the LLA would be used for students of senior classes. Officials said that in the wake of the ‘No Detention Policy’ mandated by the Right to education (RTE) till class VIII, many students reach class IX level without having sufficient knowledge. Here LLA will be used to help them cope with the pressure of studies in higher classes.
A booklet containing the guidelines for the implementation of the program and developed by the State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT) and the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was also released.
The state's education department is confident that DEEKSHA will raise the bar of education in government schools by ensuring students are regularly assessed and remedial measures taken. The primary education director, Seema Jaunsari and secondary education director, R K Kunwar besides other senior education officials, were present at the launch.
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