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Time of India
a day ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Teachers to be posted in Eng medium schools ‘within a wk'
1 2 J aipur: In a meeting with govt school teachers held Sunday, officials said allotment of English-medium schools in every district for teachers will be completed within one week. After recruitment in Aug last year, selected candidates have been waiting for postings in English-medium schools. Teachers, under the banner of Rajasthan Shikshak Sangh (Rashtriya), held talks with the education secretary and the director of secondary education regarding 25 points. In the meeting, consensus was reached on many demands, including giving posting to teachers in Mahatma Gandhi English Medium Govt schools within a week and Vivekananda Model Schools this month. Along with this, officials agreed to work on removing salary discrepancies, reducing the burden of non-educational work of teachers, and holding district-level educational conferences in Sept and state-level educational conferences in Nov. Ramesh Chandra Pushkarna, president of the organisation, said, "In the meeting, many demands were put forward, including starting Balvatika in 19,500 schools and keeping a minimum of 5 posts of Grade-II category teachers intact, including Hindi, English, and Social Science, in the new staffing pattern for secondary education. Along with this, discussions were held on filling 15,000 out of 38,000 new posts as per the staffing pattern in this session itself. " On the transfer of teachers, education secretary Krishna Kunal said it will be started as soon as the chief minister gives permission. In the meeting teachers also raised the issue of difficulty in mandatory Aadhaar and Jan Adhaar verification for generating APAAR IDs of students along with other schemes in rural areas. An agreement was reached on organizing time-bound camps at the district level to resolve such problems.
Time of India
19-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
Maha to launch new school curriculum from this year
Mumbai: Maharashtra is set to roll out its new school curriculum in phases starting 2025-26, closely following the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Over one lakh anganwadis will this year become the launchpads of a brand-new early learning framework called Aadharshila, drafted for Maharashtra's 30 lakh littlest learners aged 3 to 6. At the heart of this initiative is the aim to ensure that by the time children turn 6, they are ready for grade 1. Developed by the Union ministry of women and child development and fine-tuned by Maharashtra's SCERT, Aadharshila introduces a play-based, stage-wise curriculum through Balvatika levels 1, 2, and 3. Anganwadi workers will soon be equipped with fresh teaching manuals, playful learning materials, and structured guides. Every hub will ensure health check-ups, nutrition, and vaccinations. Maharashtra's school education department announced the plan on Monday in a govt resolution. "Training manuals, teaching materials, and structured guides will be distributed to Anganwadi workers and supervisors to ensure smooth execution of the academic curriculum while also focusing on its primary goals such as nutrition of children, health check-ups, immunisation, etc," states the GR. Swati Popat Vats, president of the Early Childhood Association, asked what many parents have on their minds: "When will the govt pass a new GR to change the age of entry in nursery (Balvatika 1) as currently 2.5-year-olds are entering? This circular once again states that a child should be 6 for grade 1. Then there is an urgent need for the govt to change the age of entry to 3 years in June/April." The govt GR states the women and child development department will also roll out specialised training programmes for anganwadi workers. Those with a Class 12 qualification will be offered a six-month certification in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECE), while others will have access to a one-year diploma programme. The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Maharashtra, Pune, will oversee these initiatives. Popat Vats raised concerns over the proposed six-month certification for anganwadi workers, insisting a full year is the least they deserve to understand the delicate art of nurturing the brain's most critical development years. Pilot programmes will soon take root in select anganwadis attached to local schools, and all anganwadis will be geo-tagged for better oversight. The state plans to relocate many anganwadis to vacant school classrooms, ensuring no child's learning space feels makeshift. The govt will ensure services under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme continue uninterrupted.
