Chitradurga, a district in central Karnataka, has made headlines for all the appropriate causes by topping the cross proportion in SSLC examination this 12 months, abandoning even Bengaluru. The district, which was beforehand identified for its backwardness, lack of entry to schooling, and poor improvement, has achieved a cross proportion of 96.8%, because of its distinctive tutorial interventions.
Ravishankara Reddy, the Deputy Director of Public Instruction in Chitradurga district, explains that the schooling authorities launched a ‘zero budget program’ to coach lecturers within the district who lacked studying supplies and sources. In a district the place youngsters are pressured to surrender schooling and work within the fields, the schooling authorities ensured that college students, particularly women attend colleges by way of varied consciousness programmes.
The ‘zero budget programmes’ included addressing the shortcomings that made educating troublesome for lecturers. The schooling division collaborated with totally different literacy golf equipment within the district and invited useful resource personnel from throughout the state to coach the lecturers, with out utilizing any authorities funds.
“We did not use any government funds to implement the training programmes. Some of us voluntarily contributed to the programme. We called different subject teachers under one roof and introduced them to experts who would train them. This addressed a lot of concerns in terms of pedagogy, having the right learning material and resources to teach students among others,” mentioned Reddy whose aim was to spice up Chitradurga’s rating in SSLC examination this 12 months.
During the primary stage of the tutorial 12 months, efforts had been targeted on bringing college students to colleges by way of varied consciousness packages. In some circumstances, the schooling authorities additionally pressured youngsters to attend colleges. The second stage concerned creating ‘scoring packages’ primarily based on Formative Assessment (FA) 1 and FA 2 examinations between June and December.
“The idea is to identify slow learners and train them to perform on par with toppers. We gave special counselling and training to such slow learners and helped them perform better. We also set up a training centre for teachers in some hoblis to enhance their teaching skills,” mentioned Reddy.
The third stage concerned creating ‘passing packages’ to determine and provides particular consideration to those that confirmed indicators of not scoring even the minimal marks. At occasions, the authorities additionally performed evening courses for some college students.
“While we directed the boys to sleep in the school premises, we sent the girls back home at 9:30 pm. We used to wake the boys up at 4 am or 5 am in the morning and begin with revisions so that they score at least the minimum marks,” mentioned Reddy.
Reddy had beforehand served as DDPI in Madhugiri district and introduced the cross proportion rank of the district from 25 to the fifth place in 2018-19 by way of the identical program.