Govt to conduct learning outcome assessment in schools

To improve quality of education in schools, the Central government will conduct student learning outcome assessment in various schools every year, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today said.
"We have a mission in our mind that is to improve the quality of education. Therefore, learning outcome becomes important. There are several assessment reports before us...Now, the government will also conduct assessment every year of mathematical, language, reading and writing abilities of students in various schools," the minister said.
He was delivering the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial Lecture at Vedavyasa Vidyalayam Senior Secondary School here.
The minister said in the learning outcome assessment, the government would assess every three per cent of the students studying in zilla parishad and municipal schools and schools run by organisations like Vidya Bharti, church besides private ones and those run by educational societies.

"We will assess every year three per cent of students and will give a correct picture of quality of education being imparted in our primary schools," he said.
Javadekar said India has achieved expansion of education and now there is a need to improve the quality of education.

In this endeavour, he said, teachers will have to play a key role. "The ultimate objective of education is to bring about in us a good human being," he said.
Earlier, he presented prizes to the winners of all Kerala Quiz competition 2016 conducted by Vedavyasa Vidyalayam Senior Secondary School.
As he emphasised on the importance of giving more

autonomy, Javadekar said that Modi government is a very democratic one where decisions are taken on the basis of consultations.
"In this government, no letter comes from somewhere," he said in what appeared a dig at political rivals.
Speaking about the IIM Bill, Javadekar said that there will be periodic reviews of the functioning of these institutes.
Responding to question whether the IIMs would be able to set up campuses abroad, Javadekar said that would be subject to the existing norms in this regard.
On a question about reservations, he said the law of the land would apply.
He also refuted questions that there were differences between the HRD ministry and PMO on the provisions of the Bill.

Asked about when the HRD ministry would announce a new panel to work on the New Education Policy, Javadekar told the reporters that they may have to wait a bit in this regard.