A Group of secretaries constituted by the government has recommended launching an initiative to be jointly undertaken by the Centre and states for delivering afresh standards for assessment of schools and improving quality of teachers.
Officials at the HRD ministry briefed HRD minister Smriti Irani about the various aspects of the Unique National Initiative for Quality Universal Education (UNIQUE) in a presentation suggesting Centre and states to work in sync to produce better outcomes, a PTI report said.
As per the praposal, Centre would provide outcome based funding to states for this umbrella scheme. It has suggested creating a digital database of schools. States can conduct regular Learning Achievement Surveys and work on schemes to rate schools while ensuring bio-metric attendance of teachers under the scheme.
According to official sources, the Government had constituted groups of secretaries to look into various sectors and suggest innovations. Irani went through the presentations among which the UNIQUE initiative was also discussed. Further deliberations will take place at the highest levels.
Officials at the HRD ministry briefed HRD minister Smriti Irani about the various aspects of the Unique National Initiative for Quality Universal Education (UNIQUE) in a presentation suggesting Centre and states to work in sync to produce better outcomes, a PTI report said.
As per the praposal, Centre would provide outcome based funding to states for this umbrella scheme. It has suggested creating a digital database of schools. States can conduct regular Learning Achievement Surveys and work on schemes to rate schools while ensuring bio-metric attendance of teachers under the scheme.
According to official sources, the Government had constituted groups of secretaries to look into various sectors and suggest innovations. Irani went through the presentations among which the UNIQUE initiative was also discussed. Further deliberations will take place at the highest levels.
