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programmes and activities. These formats provide an effective monitoring system
in elementary education at different levels-school, cluster, block, district and
state. The information gathered through these formats pertain to quality
dimensions like curriculum revision, development and distribution of textbooks,
effective use of TLM, community participation, in-service teacher trainings,
learners’ achievement, etc. The data received from the states are analysed and
feedback is provided to the states with relevant suggestions for enhancement of
quality. During 2010-11, the department received filled-in Quality Monitoring
Tools (QMTs) from many states and UTs which were analysed and appropriate
feedback was provided.
With the RTE Act, 2009 coming into force from 01 April 2010, a few aspects
like data on age-appropriate admissions, special training packages,
implementation of continuous and comprehensive evaluation, etc. were added
and two additional sheets– Cluster Level Analytical Sheet (CLAS-RTE, 2009)
and Block Level Analytical Sheet (BLAS-RTE, 2009) were added to the existing
analytical sheets of monitoring formats. All the states and UTs were requested to
fill-up these two additional sheets at cluster and block levels along with other
QMFs.
Regional Conferences for Sharing of Successful Monitoring Experiences
and Implementation of Right to Education Act, 2009
With the view to facilitate the implementation of various provisions of RTE Act at
the field level, the department had developed suggestive guidelines for effective
implementation of RTE Act which were sent to all the State Project Directors
(SPDs) of SSA as well as to all the Directors of SCERTs/SIEs. A series of four
regional conferences (at Ranchi, Tirupati, Agartala and Ajmer) for sharing
successful monitoring experiences for quality enhancement in SSA and
implementation of RTE Act were organised during 2010-11. In all these
conferences, state and district level SSA officials and faculty from SCERTs, SIEs
and DIETs participated. The main objectives of these regional conferences were
to provide platform for sharing good and successful monitoring practices and
experiences among the SSA functionaries of states and UTs to motivate SSA
functionaries at various levels to perform in a better way for the enhancement of
quality, to share issues and concerns for effective implementation of RTE Act in
various States and UTs, and to action points for further strengthening of
monitoring mechanisms and effective implementation of RTE Act.
National Report on Strengthening Monitoring Mechanisms for Enhancing
Quality in Elementary Education
The report was prepared based on three regional workshops on monitoring for
states and UTs held between September 2008 and February 2009. The report
provides many recommendations for strengthening monitoring mechanisms for
the enhancement of quality of elementary education and it was circulated to all
SPDs of SSA as well as to the Directors of SCERTs/ SIEs.
Training of Key Resource Persons of SSA
An orientation programme was organised on strengthening monitoring
mechanisms in view of implementation of the Right to Education Act for SSA
functionaries of Punjab at Mohali on 22-23 September 2010. SSA officials from
various districts of Punjab participated in the workshop. The aspects discussed
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