Samoon reviews constitution of Task Force for implementation of National Education Policy
19/09/2020
SRINAGAR, Sep 18: Principal Secretary, School Education & Skill Develop-ment, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon today, chaired a meeting regarding constitution of Task Force for implementation of National Edu-cation Policy (NEP), 2020.
Threadbare discussion was held on National Educational Policy 2020 in the context of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and mechanism to be devised for identification of curriculum and new gap analysis requirements for implementation of National Education Policy. The meeting discussed the nomination of Academician and Principals of Government and Private Schools for appointment as members of the Task Force. It was decided to devise a mechanism for inviting suggestions from all stakeholders regarding the policy with specific reference to the challenges being faced in Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting also discussed other issues including Indian Languages to be promoted for inter regional emotional attachment among students, freedom to learn in mother tongue, focus on foundational literacy and numeracy, curiosity to study mathematical and scientific learning. Principal Secretary asked the senior officers to ensure that National Education Policy 2020 fill up gaps in access & retention, human resource management, infrastructure deficit, digital accessibility, on ground implementation of Right to Education Act and rules, bridging the gap in infrastructure and quality education between Govern-ment & Private Schools.
Additional Secretary, School Education, Nassir Ahmed Wani; Nodal Officer, SED, Fayaz Ahmed; Principals & other officers attended the meeting while Chairperson, JKBOSE, Veena Pandita, Director, School Education Kashmir, M Y Malik, Director, School Education Jammu, Anuradha Gupta, MD Samagra Shiksha J&K, Arun Kumar participated via video conferencing.
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