Soon, rules to monitor unregulated pre-schools OTHER SUGGESTIONS MADE IN THE DRAFT EDUCATION POLICY

STUDENTS WILL BE HELPED ON A CASE-BYCASE BASIS, SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

MUMBAI: The draft national education policy, 2016, has proposed regulations and rules for monitoring the unregulated preschool education sector.

The draft policy, released online on Wednesday by the ministry of human resource development, will be open for suggestions and views from the public till July 31.

The government’s plans to regulate the sector have got preschools anxious as it will mean that the government will decide the minimum qualifications for teachers, infrastructure norms, student-teacher ratio and other The draft policy has also called for setting up a team of academic experts to suggest a solution to indicate achievement levels of students across boards The ministry put forth a few suggestions such as conducting a common, all-India exam at the end of Class 10 and 12, instead of states criteria for these schools.

“It is a good idea to have regulations. But firstly, we need to lay down a framework for preschool education and developmental milestones,” said Swati Popat Vats, president, Podar having their own board exams or scaling of marks. If approved, it will create a level-playing field for students, as it will prevent individual education boards from inflating marks and giving an unfair advantage to their students. Academicians in Mumbai are in favour of a central exam on the Education Network.

Currently, in the absence of rules, preschools are mushrooming in the city unchecked. Many of them do not even have their own premises and there are allegations that a few are running from baselines of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). “Scaling of marks or percentiles is a complicated process and could bring down the students’ scores. So, it is better to opt for one country, one board system,” said Basanti Roy, former divisional secretary of the Maharashtra state board. ments and garages of homes.

There are allegations that these schools hire teachers who are not qualified in early childhood care as well as those who are trained through short-term certificate courses.

Source |  Hindustan Times | 1 July 2016

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