GUNOTSAV-7 YEAR-2107 RESULT OFFICIALLY DECLAED.
Gunotsav 7 Result 2017 @ www.gunotsav.org :As a part of the Government of Gujarat’s initiative to ensure quality education of students in Government schools and to increase awareness for quality in the education community, the government carries out ‘Gunotsav’ a quality improvement programme in which students are assessed every year since 2009. S, EI has been involved in supporting the existing Gunotsav programme for 33,900 primary schools in Gujarat. The programme has also been extended to cover all Secondary schools. in 2017 Year Gunotsav 7 will be hedl on date 1,2,3 December 2017 for Primary Schools in gujarat .For the project, EI develops questions and analyse the data for Gunotsav assessment by teachers (school self assessment) and by officers (officer carried out assessment). In addition, detailed diagnostic assessment of learning levels are carried out on a sample basis by trained evaluators All districts for classes 3, 5, 7 and 9, in order to gather scientifically validated learning achievement data. Research into student misconceptions are done through student interviews .Schools undergoing remedial program across the state are monitored by EI trainers on a sample basis to check their efficacy. A series of capacity building workshops for state and district personnel to develop latest skills in building and using student assessments, post analysis and dissemination workshops for teachers to understand the insights from the data and incorporate the information in classroom practices are part of the project.
ABOUT GUNOTSAV
Background
Primary education is the foundation on which the development of every citizen and the nation as a whole built on. In recent past, India's improved education system is often cited as one of the main contributors to the economic development of India. At the same time, the quality of elementary education in India has also been a major concern. Student of primary school at least have basic knowledge of reading, writing and simple mathematics equations which may be helpful in performing their daily activities.
While in Gujarat there has been notable focus and efforts on enrollment, and have brought a fare share of success for the primary education, concern for learning outcomes and quality provided in primary education has been addressed by various enhancement programmes for learning improvement. It is for strengthening the quality outcomes, the government of Gujarat launched a programme called Gunotsav, or 'Celebrating Quality'. Therefore Gunotsav is defined as an accountability framework for quality of primary education which includes learning outcomes of children as well as co-scholastic activities, use of resources and community participation.
While in Gujarat there has been notable focus and efforts on enrollment, and have brought a fare share of success for the primary education, concern for learning outcomes and quality provided in primary education has been addressed by various enhancement programmes for learning improvement. It is for strengthening the quality outcomes, the government of Gujarat launched a programme called Gunotsav, or 'Celebrating Quality'. Therefore Gunotsav is defined as an accountability framework for quality of primary education which includes learning outcomes of children as well as co-scholastic activities, use of resources and community participation.
This programme was started by the state Education department during November 2009, with an aim to evaluate primary education scenario and grade school teachers accordingly. State Government has seen primary education as a grass-root sector and initiated with revolutionary experiments. The government of Gujarat has initiated a series of steps to improve the level of learning in its schools across the state and wishes to take these efforts forward, so as to achieve visible and measurable positive change. Government's efforts have succeeded in increasing school enrollments and bringing down school drop-out ratio, two major concerns in education field. The aim is to ensure that Gujarat should be among the top three states of the country in terms of student learning outcomes over the next 5 years.
A unique example of being a state initiative-Gunotsav is carried out with the participation of all state departments to strengthen 'quality' components of the Dept of Education. Different state departments took up additional responsibilities for this period.
A unique example of being a state initiative-Gunotsav is carried out with the participation of all state departments to strengthen 'quality' components of the Dept of Education. Different state departments took up additional responsibilities for this period.
Main objective is to ensure quality education for students in Government schools:
- To bring awareness among teachers, students, administrators, communities & stakeholders for quality education.
- To ensure the enhancement of reading, writing and numerical skills for all children studying in primary schools (Std 2 to 5).
- To ensure the enhancement of subject knowledge for all children studying in upper primary sections (Std 6 to 8).
- To assess quality based classroom teaching learning processes followed in schools. 5. To address gaps in achieving learning outcomes and to acknowledge achievement. 6. To track the children based on learning outcome levels and identify focus areas for remedial action. 7. To build an environment of accountability - for an outcome oriented performance at all levels across scholastic, co-scholastic outcomes and stakeholder participation.
Gunotsav is carried out state wide in two phases,
- The assessment is conducted for over 52 lakh children of classes 2-8. In the first phase, self evaluation is done by covering 100% schools and is also known as Self Evaluation phase.
- In the second phase, evaluation is done by 3000 senior government officials of Gujarat covering around 9000 schools. As a part of the exercise top IAS, IPS, IFS and other officers besides ministers went to the schools to access the parameters and grade them to evaluate the status of education in the state. Thus 25% of schools in each block (taluka) are assessed personally by senior Government bureaucrats and Class I & II officers.
The assessments conducted are consciously designed to test appropriate levels of conceptual understanding and their application by the children. Data from both phases is collated, compiled and analyzed by INDEXT B using latest information technology and the results are shared with stake holders enabling them to take appropriate action for the identified shortfalls. At the state level, Gunotsav visits yield valuable inputs and perspectives for policy making, along with identifying needs for making special efforts post Gunotsav.
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Monitoring by External Parties - Unicef, Pratham & Educational Initiatives
Child Tracking System for Learning Outcomes
The IT centre prepares CDs with district data for each of the 26 districts. The data has grading starting from teachers, schools, learning levels of children, CRCC and the cluster, BRCC and the block and a district report at a glance. Additionally, printed certificates for each of the above will be distributed by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan -SSA
The Guntosav portal developed by Education department & iNDEXTb is a store house of data for primary education, and can be used for planning annual activities at state, district and block levels. The web portal also strives to make data collection robust at all levels.
The IT centre prepares CDs with district data for each of the 26 districts. The data has grading starting from teachers, schools, learning levels of children, CRCC and the cluster, BRCC and the block and a district report at a glance. Additionally, printed certificates for each of the above will be distributed by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan -SSA
The Guntosav portal developed by Education department & iNDEXTb is a store house of data for primary education, and can be used for planning annual activities at state, district and block levels. The web portal also strives to make data collection robust at all levels.
Gunotsav now uses OMR testing for children from standard II to VIII and OMR based assessment tools for school evaluation parameters also. It has made the process of data collection and data analysis even more credible and further enable complex analysis. It has enabled the state to initiate Child Tracking System for Learning Outcomes on a longitudinal basis for each individual child which will strengthen accountability within the system.
Recognition by Government of India
This Program has been recognized as one of the best practices in the 12th Five Year Plan document published by Planning Commission, Government of India.
Each school's final grade is based on the self evaluation done by the school and the evaluation done by the officer. This process is strict in its implementation and hence encourages each school to follow honest self evaluation procedures. Schools where only self evaluation was done, are graded on the marks obtained for performance in the self evaluation.
The evaluation gives 60% weightage for education /subject wise marks and 40% for school co-scholastic activities, use of resources and community participation etc. Report cards are prepared for 34177 schools. A grade summary is available for districts, talukas, schools and teachers.
Recognition by Government of India
This Program has been recognized as one of the best practices in the 12th Five Year Plan document published by Planning Commission, Government of India.
Each school's final grade is based on the self evaluation done by the school and the evaluation done by the officer. This process is strict in its implementation and hence encourages each school to follow honest self evaluation procedures. Schools where only self evaluation was done, are graded on the marks obtained for performance in the self evaluation.
The evaluation gives 60% weightage for education /subject wise marks and 40% for school co-scholastic activities, use of resources and community participation etc. Report cards are prepared for 34177 schools. A grade summary is available for districts, talukas, schools and teachers.
