National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Piloting of General Education Quality Analysis Framework (GEQAF) Madhya Pradesh (MP) & Meghalaya
Mar 29, 2015
National Council of Educational
Research and Training (NCERT)
National Council of Educational
Research and Training (NCERT)
Piloting of General Education Quality Analysis Framework
(GEQAF)
Madhya Pradesh (MP) & Meghalaya
April 10, 2023
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Location of Piloting States
MeghalayaDistricts: 06/11
East Khasi HillsWest Khasi HillsJaintia HillsRi-bhoiNorth Garo HillsWest Garo Hills
Madhya Pradesh
Districts: 06/50BhopalBetulIndoreUjjainDatia-TSatna-T
• Huge infrastructure in place • Are the levels of learning matching?• Quality? Effectiveness?• SWOT analysis needed
Why Quality Analysis of Education?
GEQAF
GEQAF: Tools
• Relevance/Responsiveness• Equity and inclusion• Learning Capabilities
• Lifelong learners• Learning• Teaching• Assessment
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• Curriculum• Learners• Teachers/Educators• Learning environment • Governance• Financing• System efficiency • Use of ICT in Education
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GEQAF Pilot
Tools being finalised for piloting in MP and Meghalaya
GEQAF Pilot
• Tools finalised, Hindi Translation done for MP• Planning meeting organised with, and in,
states: July, 2012• Workshops with stakeholders in states: Sept
2012• District level consultations
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Conti…
Contextualisation of Tools: Modifications
• T.1. “Job market” instead of “Labor market” • T.3 “Learning Capabilities” in place of
“Competencies”• Pop ups & clarifications suggested at many places
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Relevance and Responsiveness• Articulated in the Constitution, Five Year
Plans, Policy Documents- NPE, NCF, SCF-2007 in MP etc.
• Infrastructure-Human & Physical-insufficient• Vocational courses lack vertical mobility• Mind set attached with White Collar and
Blue collar jobs• National Vocational Education Qualification
Framework (NVEQF) being piloted in few states
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Equity and Inclusion
• Act, Policies and schemes are in place- RCI, PWD, RTE etc.
• Incentives for various groups-Reservations, Schools, Hostels, Mid Day Meals, Scholarships, facilities for CWSN, etc.
• Challenges--cognitive and socio-cultural inclusion, improving infrastructure, qualification & training of teachers
• Development of pedagogical materials and tools that address specific cognitive needs of CWSN
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Learning Capabilities• Policies and Curricular documents have
elaborated learning capabilities• Competency matrix-class-wise, stage-wise
developed in MP• Administrators, teacher educators, teachers
lack adequate understanding of curricular philosophy and concomitant practices
• Resources, training for all concerned need to be strengthened
• Communication and ICT skills needs to be developed along with other capabilities
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Lifelong Learners• Policies and curricula encourage learners
towards this goal• Regular update/ upgrade programmes in the
world of work• Mechanisms exist beyond formal system:
Sakshar Bharat, Television and Radio, ICTs, libraries, NGOs participation
• Open Learning Systems-National and state (NIOS, SOS, IGNOU, State Open University)
• Lacking accessibility, awareness at grassroots level
• Expansion of facilities required• Need to develop partnerships with NGO sector• System need to play a proactive role
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Learning
• There is a paradigm shift in conceptualisation of learning as construction of knowledge:NCF-2005
• Learner Achievement Surveys carried out to assess quality in learning
• Wide disparity in learning outcomes (urban-rural, male-female, SES, differently abled, etc.)
• Provisions and practices need to address the issue
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Teaching• NCF defines as a process to facilitate learning
and teacher as facilitator • However, entrenched practices are traditional• QMT-SSA implemented by states• Both the states are discussing the new teaching
learning perspectives• Strengthening of support structures for teacher
training required• Teachers need to be freed from non-teaching
activities • Qualifications, induction training, good service
conditions (salary etc.) required (for para-teachers as well) for effective functioning
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Assessment• Policies and documents emphasize CCE up to
Class-XII and no detention policy up to Class-VIII
• Source Book on Assessment-NCERT tried out-Meghalaya
• Meghalaya planning to pilot CCE in 500 schools
• MP adopted CCE and documented outcomes • Concept of CCE as holistic approach is
misunderstood• Continuous training for teachers, teacher
educators, administrators required April 10, 2023 15
Curriculum• The Constitution, NPE, other policy documents,
researches are consulted in designing curriculum
• National Curriculum Framework shared with states and notified as THE framework for all states/UTs
• States develop policy/ Curriculum Framework. MP developed SCF-2007, Meghalaya in the process
• Coordination & common understanding among all stakeholders needed for effective execution
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Learners
• NCF-2005 talks about primacy of learner as constructor of knowledge, and hence involved in curriculum development process
• This is not understood in states• Mechanism to address diverse groups of
learners required• Plurality of materials for linguistic minority
groups required• Teacher, teacher educators training required
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Teachers/ Teacher Educators• Policy documents in place (NCF, NCFTE)• Regulatory mechanism in place (NCTE) and
teacher recruitment policy in place• Various models of courses are in practice• Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is now mandatory• Challenges for preparation of quality teachers
exist-mushrooming growth in MP and shortage in Meghalaya
• PSTE and ISTE courses are not revised in sync with NCF-2005, NCFTE-2009
• Continuous training of teachers, educators required on new pedagogy and evaluationApril 10, 2023 18
Learning Environment• Policy, guidelines, mechanism in place:
NPE,RTE, NCPCR,RCI, Boards• Access to infrastructure, facilities, TLM have
increased over the years• Guidelines for child friendly school in MP• All schools not equipped with basic facilities
(toilet, drinking water etc) Meghalaya• Equity and inclusion issues--speedy
Implementation of RTE Act needed• Quality physical and psycho-social
environment needed (Meghalaya-problem of teenage pregnancy and delinquency observed)
• Counselors need to be provided in schoolsApril 10, 2023 19
Use of ICT in Education• Country has a National Policy on ICT in School
Education• CAL-SSA, ICT@Schools Scheme-RMSA under
Implementation-Meghalaya teachers uncomfortable
• Headstart Programme is implemented-MP• Piloting states have partial ICT Infrastructure,
EDUSAT network• Maintenance, power cuts, untrained teachers,
slow internet are stumbling blocks• Need to build infrastructure, use ICT for teaching
learning, training & governance in big wayApril 10, 2023 20
Governance• ECCE to senior secondary level-structures in place• Education portal created and used (MP)• Transparency and accountability still a distant
dream• Active Community monitoring of schools
needed• Coordination/Synergy among Dept./ parallel
structures a missing link • Political instability leading to delayed policy
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Financing
• Education is a concurrent subject- major funding by Central Govt. including special schemes
• Decentralised budgeting is encouraged-GOI• Finance management-flow of funds to grassroots
level is an issue• e-Governance and e-transfer of funds has made
the system transparent, quick (MP)• State financing to education needs to increase
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System Efficiency
• Policies, strategies, annual work plan promote efficient use of resources
• Weaker and slow system of feedback• Monitoring and supervision at all level needs
to be strengthened• Education Portal for tracking some services
in place• Third Party Evaluation of systems, policies,
schemes, plans required (MP)
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Importance of the Framework• Framework enhances understanding comprehensively
by generating varied dimensions of every aspect of school education
• Intricacies involved in schooling are made visible• Disjointedness that exists in the system gets exposed• Interconnectedness of various aspects of education is
highlighted/ brought forth• Opens up research areas and brings forth the need to
use research findings as feedback • Hence framework may be adopted
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Piloting Tools discussed with stakeholders in New Delhi-India
Lessons Learnt from GEQAF Piloting• Identify key strengths to build on• Critical constraints that require redress • Measures required for redress• Implementing responsive measures• Benchmarking and monitoring progress• Systems and stakeholders accountability• Such an analysis required periodically
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(Interaction with some students and teachers of East Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya)
April 10, 2023 28(Interaction with teacher trainees and faculty of CTE(PGT), Shillong of East Khasi Hills District in Meghalaya)
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(A scenic beauty while approaching Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya)