EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Nov 2: In its continuous effort to reach out every stakeholder for the effective implementation of National Educational Policy (NEP)-2020 in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir, newly created SCERT J&K, under guidance and supervision of Prof Veena Pandita, Director SCERT J&K, conducted 8th webinar on the important theme-Standard Setting and Accreditation for School Education: Challenges/ Opportunities vis-a-vis J&K.
On the outset, Ashu Mangotra, from Team Jammu, led by Pardeep Billowria, presented a powerful presentation, highlighting the key features of NEP-2020 along with Challenges/ Opportunities to be faced while implementing it in J&K. It was followed by a power packed presentation by Team SCERT Kashmir lead by Nazir Ahmed Reshi of DIET Sopore.
An open Question Answer session with a fair and frank deliberation to quell the doubts of participants, was a hallmark feature of this webinar.
Panelists of the session, Dr Govind Kumar Inakhya, from Deptt of Public Policy and Public Administration Central University Jammu and Dr Firdous Ahmad Sofal from Deptt of Education, Central University Kashmir provided many valuable inputs and insights on the subject.
Chairperson of the session, Prof Indrani Bhaduri, Professor, Department of ESD at NCERT New Delhi, enlightened the participants about the standard setting and accreditation for School Education as envisaged in the NEP-2020 & discussed about challenges to set-up a SSSA (Sate School Standard Authority) in the States/UTs & SQAAF (School of Quality Assessment & Accreditation Framework) by SCERTs.
She also stressed on transparency, safety, security and infrastructure in the schools to be taken care of as the major regulatory steps & impressed upon all to focus on sustainable development goals for the 21st century India. |
