Implementation of School Accreditation Programme (SHAALA SIDDHI) – Communication of Guide lines for external Evaluation and Self Evaluation for the academic year 2021-22- orders

All the District Educational Ofcers & Ex- Ofcio Project coordinators

and the Additional Project Co-ordinators of Samagra Shiksha in the state

are hereby informed that the School Standards and Evaluation Programme

have been started by NIEPA, New Delhi, in the year 2017 to establish and

refer to an agreed set of standards and to provide clear pathways for each

school for evaluation.

Further they are informed that the National Programme on School

Standards and Evaluation (NPSSE), known as “SHAALA SIDDHI” is

identified as a comprehensive instrument for school evaluation which

leads to school improvement. It is developed by the National Institute of

Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA). It is to enable schools to

evaluate their performance in a more focused and strategic manner and to

facilitate them for making professional judgments for improvement. All

schools will be assessed with 7 key domains which are prescribed by

NIEPA, New Delhi in keeping of Vision & objectives of this programme.

It is further informed that this programme will create awareness

among the Head Masters of the all schools of the state a sustainable and

in institutionalized system of school evaluation, which results in

development of common understanding across stake holders