117 blocks declared ‘saksham’ for Grade 3
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 29
Assessment criteria
A block is ‘saksham’ where more than 80 per cent students score over 50 per cent marks in the Ghoshna exam.
‘Near-saksham’ block is where over 60 per cent pupils score above 50 per cent.
Advertisement‘Not-saksham’ block is where less than 60 per cent students score over 50 per cent.
A block is ‘disqualified due to cheating’ where data analysis indicates mass cheating.
The Saksham Haryana programme, an initiative of Haryana School Education Department which has been functioning for the past three years, has shown significant improvement in student learning levels across the state’s 119 blocks. The Saksham Ghoshna examination was conducted in February.
The Saksham Ghoshna exam results of Grades 3 and 4 have been a success with 117 and 116 blocks of the state being declared ‘saksham’respectively.
Project Director, Chief Ministers Good Governance Associates (CMGGAs), Rakesh Gupta shared the details while presiding over a meeting through video conferencing with the District Education Officers (DEOs), District Elementary Education Officers (DEEOs), DPCs, DIET Principals, BEOs and CMGGAs with more than 200 officers participating in it across the 119 blocks in the state.
He also shared the details about the ‘Ghar Se Padhao’ Abhiyan to ensure uninterrupted education to children.
The assessment criteria of the Saksham Ghoshna exam were also disclosed at the meeting. Speaking on the results, he said that 93 blocks have been declared ‘saksham’ in Grade 5. In Grades 6 and 8, almost half of the blocks have been declared ‘saksham’ with 64 and 65 blocks, respectively, achieving this benchmark. A further 40 blocks were ‘saksham’ in Grade 7.
Sharing details of the exam, he informed that it was third-party assessment for all six Grades from 3 to 8 in government schools in all 119 blocks in Haryana.
