Campaign on learning competencies arrives in Nagaland

February 9, 2024 27 Views No Comment

Dimapur, February 9 (MExN): A two-day education workshop on dissemination of learning competencies at the middle and secondary level as per National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2023 is underway at AIDA Training Centre, Don Bosco Campus, Dimapur from February 8.

According to a DIPR report, NCERT and its National Assessment Centre PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) and NBSE have joined hands with PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), to conduct the workshop. This is the tenth workshop in the series of a nation-wide campaign on learning competencies, called Project Vidyasagar.

The workshop is part of a nation-wide campaign launched by PARAKH NCERT and PHDCCI on National Education Policy 2020 and National Assessment Survey (NAS) in November last year. Workshops have been held in Patna, Srinagar, Gandhinagar, Chandigarh, Goa, Port Blair, Pune, Kolkata and Ranchi in this series so far.

The aim of these workshops is to create awareness among school teachers about Learning Competencies at different levels of evaluation as per National Curriculum Framework, School Education 2023 (NCFSE, 2023).

In the inaugural session, Dziesevolie Tsurho, Academic Officer, NBSE delivered the welcome address. Shalini S Sharma, Assistant Secretary General, PHDCCI, highlighted the context of the workshop.

NBSE Chairperson, Asano Sekhose addressed on the objectives of the workshop. Sekhose highlighted the performance of Nagaland in the NAS 2021. She also highlighted about the Competency Based Assessment Reforms which NBSE is implementing in the state.

She said, “NCF 2023 strongly emphasises the importance of the clear ‘flow down’ that must connect aims to curricular goals to competencies to learning outcomes. Learning outcomes are interim markers of learning achievements towards the attainment of competencies.” Teachers should work towards achieving the learning outcomes to fulfil the curricular goals, she added.

“One can expect a transformation in the ecosystem of school education only if we all know the goals envisaged in the NEP 2020 and translate these goals into reality. And for this to happen, all stakeholders need to join hands and work together and the role of the teacher is very crucial,” she stated.

Prof Indrani Bhaduri, Head and CEO, PARAKH, NCERT presented the keynote address and the theme presentation of the workshop virtually from New Delhi.

Addressing 90 teachers from five districts (Kohima, Dimapur, Chümoukedima, Peren and Niuland) of Nagaland, Prof Bhaduri said in the Inaugural Session that it was critical for teachers to understand learning competencies at foundational, preparatory, middle and secondary levels.

The assessment reforms under NEP 2020, she said, focus on competency based learning, moving away from rote learning. This, she said, was the first education policy of the 21st century aiming at addressing many growing developmental imperatives of our country.

Project Vidyasagar, she said, was meant to create a momentum in education and a ripple effect of knowledge. She exhorted every teacher to take the message of the workshop to more teachers so that the ocean of learning grows bigger. The two day workshop will have Technical sessions on “Understanding Large-Scale Assessments and Interpreting Results; Understanding Learning Competencies at Different Levels” and “Data-driven Teaching and Feedback Strategies; How to Assess Learning Outcomes” with Prof Vijayan K, Assistant Professor, Department of School Education and Mohammad Ilyas as Resource Persons from NCERT.