School Education - Academic and Administrative reforms - Optimal utilization of infrastructural and human resources for higher learning outcomes among students

Sub: School

utilization of infrastructural and human resources for higher learning

outcomes among students - Certain guidelines - Issued.

Education Academic and Administrative reforms

Optimal

Read: 1) National Educational Policy, 2020.

2) Learning outcomes of students with respect to various assessment

reports i.e., NAS, 2017, ASER etc.,

ORDER:

All Regional Joint Directors of School Education and District Educational

officers are aware that, the Government with a long-time objective of preparing9

the students of Andhra Pradesh for a global citizen with bright future by focusing

on School Education with various flagship initiatives i.e., Manabadi; Nadu-Nedu,

Jagananna Gorumudda, Jagananna Ammavodi; Jagananna Vidya Kanuka etc.,

With regard to learning outcomes, various assessment reports reveal that,

there is a huge learning deficit. The National Education Policy 2020 observed

that, "the gap between the current state of learning outcomes and what is

desirable must be bridged to undertaking major reforms to bring the highest

quality and integrity into the system from early childhood education through

higher education".

One main factor leading to poor learning outcomes is the practice of

multiple class teaching in the primary schools. It means one or two teachers

teach classes ll to V in the primary school and thereby not able to cover (18)

mandatory subjects for all 5 classes. Whereas the students require teaching from

specialist subject teachers such as English, Maths, Science etC., One way of

Overcoming this problem is to arrange for imparting teaching by subject teachers

to students studying from Class l to V and also to provide teachers exclusively

for Classl and II. Since at present the schools are arranged into primary, upper

primary and high schools and they are located at different locations, after

thoroughly analysing the present situation and to ensure better learning

outcomes among children, the following arrangements are made for providing

teachers exclusively for Class I and II and subject teachers for class lll to V in the

primary schools:

a. Classes 3 to 5 of Primary Schools which are located in same/ adjacent/

below 250 mtrs of the High School with same management now become

part of the High Schools which are catering from classes 6 to 10 at present.

b. Classes 1 & 2 of such Primary Schools shall function as usual.

C. Secondary Grade Teachers (SGTs) shall be provided to Classes

Such primary schools @1:30

d. The remaining teachers in such primary schools including LFL Headmaster

shall be deployed and brought under the control of Headmaster of the High

School concerned.

e. The concerned High School shall run from Classes 3 to 10 with the existing

staff of the high school and the teachers deployed from such primary

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School Education - Academic and Administrative reforms - Optimal utilization of infrastructural and human resources for higher learning outcomes among students – Certain guidelines