After colleges, it's now schools that will be rated for the facilities they provide. A quality assessment and accreditation scheme introduced by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will cover all aspects of a school's functioning, including curricular and co-curricular activities, infrastructure and so on. The move will improve the quality of education in schools by providing them an incentive to improve their quality and help them in capacity building, say observers. "We strongly welcome the accreditation scheme as it will be a good benchmark to rate the quality of schools," said N Vijayan, principal and correspondent of the Zion Matriculation School. "This will encourage healthy competition among schools to improve the quality of their infrastructure and instruction," he said. Many parents welcome the move. "There is a need for an agency that will monitor whether schools are providing the quality of services that they promise the parents," says Manju Singh, a parent. "The regulatory body should conduct both announced and unannounced visits to the schools to ensure that they are worthy of the rating that they have been given," she adds. However, there is a worry that higher rankings may make school admissions more difficult. "Today it is very difficult to gain admission to a good CBSE school in Chennai. When such a scheme comes into force, it will become almost impossible to get into a highly ranked school," says Singh. CBSE has prepared criteria for schools that want to get accredited. The accreditation will be first done on a pilot basis. All CBSE-affiliated schools would be required to get themselves accredited within three to five years after the scheme comes into affect. An expert advisory committee will oversee the implementation of the scheme. The accreditation will be done by agencies other than CBSE, which will assess and accredit schools on the criteria and fees decided and approved by the board. Courtesy:TOI |
| For Latest Updates Always Visit http://satish24k.blogspot.com/ |
Print
PDF
For Further Reading,
About the Author
0 comments:
Post a Comment