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Quality Education: UNICEFQuality education includes:• Learners who are healthy, well-nourished and ready to participate and learn, and• supported in learning by their families and communities;• Environments that are healthy, safe, protective and gender-sensitive, and provide• adequate resources and facilities;• Content that is reflected in relevant curricula and materials for the acquisition of• basic skills, especially in the areas of literacy, numeracy and skills for life, and• knowledge in such areas as gender, health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS prevention and• peace.• Processes through which trained teachers use child-centred teaching approaches

in well-managed classrooms and schools and skilful assessment to facilitate learning and reduce disparities.

• Outcomes that encompass knowledge, skills and attitudes, and are linked to national goals for education and positive participation in society.

• http://www.unicef.org/education/files/QualityEducation.PDF

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Quality in Education

• Internal tools –top level• Abstract, complex, multifaceted • terms efficiency, effectiveness, equity and quality• Frequent transfer of Educational Administrators• Attempts to set basic boundaries • Open to change and evolution based on information,

contexts, and new understandings of the nature of education’s challenges.

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Checklist and Monitoring Parametersfor comprehensive quality improvement programme

• Objectives– To provide a dash board listing interventions (20) and activities (75) – To enable in gap analysis– Monitoring tools

• Target group: Education Secretaries/SPDs/SPOs and District Officials• Utility: Identify the interventions that require

1. Start afresh /review / revision2. Consolidation and proper monitoring

• The States/UTs are free to customize the model checklist • Format : 2 mandatory columns viz., timelines and officer (s) responsible.• Schemes/Programmes: SSA and other Schemes viz., Teacher Education,

SPQEM, State Education Deptt. Schemes etc. in convergence.• Use of other component checklists viz.,- Access and OoSC and IE (are

circulated to States/UTs) will further the effectiveness Quality Action Plan. • Consultation: National Workshop on Quality 9-10 January 2014

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No. Quality Component No. Intervention

1  Orientation /Communication

Sensitization on Quality challenges and Strategies

2  RTE compliance Notifications and compliance monitoring

3  Convergence/ Institutional networking

In SSA & education department, with other Departments (Tribal/Social/Minority Welfare, Women & CW, Labour etc.) and civil society

4  Human Resource Management- HRM Organization level

Constitution and operationalization of S/DRGs

SSA management structure and org.consolidation

SCERT & DIET and organizational consolidation

SIEMAT and organizational consolidation

Educational Administrators- & org. consolidation

5  HRM-School level Action plan Rationalisation of TeachersRecruitment of Teachers

Part Time Instructors at UPS level

Head TeachersTeachers support to Madrasas /Vedic Schools/Gampas/ (under SPQEM/State Scheme)

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6  Development of Curriculum & Teaching Learning packages

Adoption/ Adaptation / Dev. of curriculumSyllabus according to NCF 2005 and S. 29 of RTE Learning indicators ( if it is not clearly Formulate) Textbook developmentSpecial training material developmentKGBVs/ Madrasas/Vedic Schools/Gompas on General Education

CCE package / Module

7  Learning Condition and Requirements

Student attendance and retentionTeacher attendanceDistribution of Free Text BooksTeaching-Learning Time / Schooling hoursSeating space, Safety, building, Cleanliness, Functional Drinking Water and Toilets Teaching Learning Material (TLM)Non- discrimination Non-threatening environment in schoolsDistribution of UniformsLibraries in SchoolsSchool GrantLinkage with Early Child hood Education CentreLinkages with Secondary Schools

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8  Classroom processes:Teaching-Learning

1 Framework for Classroom transaction

2 CCE Implementation3 Early Reading, Writing and Comprehension

4 Early Mathematics among children of class –I & II

5 Science and Mathematics at Upper Primary Level

6 MLE among children of primary classes

7 Framework for Supplementary Additional (remedial) instructions S.24 (d)

9 Quality education in Special Training for OoSC

10 Quality Education for CWSN11 Quality Education Plan for KGBVs

12 Quality Education Plan for Madrasas/ Vedic Schools/Gompas Quality Education (in General Education subjects) under SPQEM/State Plan.

13 Technology Enabled Education/CAL in UPS

14Sports, health & physical education, Art education, work education in school

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9 Professionals development of Teachers

1.   Teacher Code1.   Teacher Training-Induction and In-service 1.   Training of Untrained Teacher1.   Teacher training for KGBVs /Special Training/Madrasas/ Vedic

Schools/ Gompa General Teachers (for General Education)1.  

Assessments (PINDICS & Competency test)

10 Professional Development of Edu. Administrators

1.   Induction and In-service Training1.  

Regular In-service training on Quality Challenges

11 Professional Development of Teacher Educators

1.   SCERT faculty–Induction and In-service Training1.   DIET faculty- Induction and In-service Training1.   Training of BRC/CRC-BRPs and CRPs

12 Academic & Administrative support to Schools

1.   Academic Support through DIETs1.   Academic Support through BRC/URC1.   Academic Support through CRC1.   School Mentoring and Monitoring 1.   Mentoring for KGBVs and Madrasas for Gen.Edu

    1.   Benchmark for BRCs and CRCs and Monitoring

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13 Parental / Community Participation

1.   SMC’s and Parent-Teacher participation1.  

Institutional linkage of SMCs with Local bodies (PRIs & URIs)

14  School leadership and Standards

1.   School Leadership-transforming schools 1.  

School Performance Standards

15  Private Schools

1.   Compliance to RTE with School recognition1.   Mentoring and Monitoring for Curriculum/Syllabi

S.29 RTE Act, 200916  Learning out

comes1.   National Achievement Survey1.   State Level Learning Achievement Survey

17 Grievance redressal

1.   Decentralised Grievance redressal by Local Auth.1.   SCPCR/NCPCR reports and follow up action.

18 Research 1.   Follow up on earlier State/National/ studies1.   Completion of pending studies 1.   Documentation& Disseminationof Best practices

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19 Financing 1.   Finances and Utilisation 20 Monitoring &

Evaluation1.   Appropriate Evaluation/ Monitoring process1.   PMIS & Web Hosting of Quality Documents1.   Meeting Schedules

Part-II

Monitoring parameters of Outcomes of the State/UT Quality Improvement Plan