Directorate of School Education Jammu hosts meeting cum workshop on National Education Policy-2020
JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 28: To implement the National Education Policy-2020 in letter and spirit, Directorate of School Education Jammu today held a meeting followed by a workshop here at Teacher Bhawan, Gandhi Nagar. Delegates from all the 10 districts of the Jammu division and members of the division level Education Reform Committee and other officials of the Directorate attended the workshop.
Joint Director, Hem Raj Pakhroo presented the welcome address and explained the purpose and aim of the initiative, which he said was to share ideas, seek suggestions, etc. and prepare actionable points for purposeful implementation of NEP-2020.
Director School Education Jammu, Dr. Ravi Shankar Sharma, who was the chief guest of the occasion, stressed on teachers and children for sharing the learning experience and acquiring local skills which must be polished to make them relevant for the current day and age.
He further stated that quality and sustainability were two sides of the same coin and hoped that the discussions and ideas that emerge from the meeting cum workshop would help in realizing the vision of strengthening the education system. He asked everyone to brainstorm and to bring to the table valuable additions which would help in formulating a road map enabling the comprehensive implementation of NEP-2020 across the Union Territory of J&K in a time-bound fashion.
Joint Director, Shokat Mahmood Malik presented a detailed PowerPoint report laying threadbare the technical as well as other aspects of the National Education Policy 2020. He deliberated on the NEP and anticipated suggestions, feedback, inputs, and solutions regarding its successful implementation.
Jaswinder Kour, Divisional coordinator Pre-primary Education deliberated on the implementation of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in schools of J&K UT, highlighting challenges and strategies thereof.
It is pertinent to mention here that ECCE being the foundational stage of primary education has received special focus under NEP 2020 and the Directorate of School Education Jammu has already established well-furnished pre-primary sections in many schools and is in the process of strengthening elementary education by launching such sections in schools across Jammu division
An open discussion was also held on the occasion in which different committee members interacted with one another chalking out a road map for the implementation of the policy at ground level.
Amongst others, Altaf Hussain, Joint Secretary JKBOSE, Surinder Kumar, Joint Director SCERT, Suraj Singh Rathore, CEO Jammu, Prakash Lal Thapa, CEO Kathua, Dr. Jagdish Raj Panotra, Nodal Officer Adharshila, Yasser Rasool, Media and Community Outreach Cell DSEJ, Principals and Lecturers from various schools and other officials and stakeholders were present on the occasion.
Dr. S P Pourush Shrikhandia, Coordination Cell DSEJ, presented the formal vote of thanks. Dr. Alka Sharma, Counseling cell DSEJ, carried out the proceedings of the meeting. Love Sharma, Shveta Sharma, and Gourav Bali provided the technical support to make the meeting a success.
