Education Quality A Framework for

Understanding, monitoring & Improving

Dr D. SarangiDirectorate of Teacher Education &

SCERT, Odisha. Bhubaneswar

Presentation made in training of BEOs Dt 03 July 2013Madhusudan Institution of Financial Management, Bhubaneswar

What is Quality Education?

What do you look for when you think about

education quality ?

Dim

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of Q

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in E

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Quality

Learne

r Contex

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Environmen

tContent

Process

Outcome

Quality in a Context

Block

Equity: Access

Opportunity

Achievement

School

Institutional

Leadership

Classroom

EngagementTask relevance & support

Limits of Quality

• What is the satisfactory level of Quality ?• Quality of education is dynamic- a

continuous process of improvement • Same quality of education every whwre?

Why? • How can you rate schools education ?

What makes quality initiatives low yielding?

Our Common Perception: Issues with learners & resources

Most High Quality Institutions view it as issues of quality management

Quality improvementWhere to focus?

• Begin with School Leadership• Create a shared vision & planned targets• Gradual Improvement in Teacher Capability &

Performance• Standard based Monitoring & Mentoring• Scope for collaborative learning & growth• Performance based incentive• Sharing good practices

Monitoring Approaches to Quality Initiatives

School Based Internal Monitoring

on negotiated criteria

External Monitoring Visits

Mixed Model of Monitoring

Within Schoolmonitoring

Within Cluster monitoring

Within Block monitoring

Within District monitoring Context Specific

negotiated Targets at each level

Your role as a System Leaderin Quality Assurance

How do you view you’re your role? -

Education Administrator?Education Manager?

System Leader?

Need a change in role perception?

POINTS TO REMBER

• Improvement needs collaborative efforts• Quality Improvement process can begin from any

condition• Begin with small targets. Small steps covers long

distance• Take into account both explicit and implicit gains

THANK YOU ALL