Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Maharashtra plans to train weak students under Rapid Education


In an attempt to help academically weak students and put an end to the practice of schools failing such students in Class IX in order to achieve a cent per cent pass result in the Class X board exams, the state government will introduce its ‘Rapid Education’ initiative.
The move has been initiated following a state government report that said over 1.5 lakh students failed in Class IX in April 2016.
The state school education department has sought a list of Class IX students who failed in the exams in April and October 2016 and also of those who secured less than 45 per cent in the midterm exam. The class teachers are expected to prepare the list before implementing the Rapid Education initiative. For students who secured less than 45 per cent, the education department suggested, the method of Experience, Reflection, Application and Consolidation (ERAC) would be adopted.
“In these two methods, the teachers are expected to divide activities over a period of two months in which 15 days can be dedicated to identifying the weakness of each student and application of teaching methods to overcome these weakness. Another 30 days can then be utilised for self-study and the remaining 15 days for problem-solving, among others,” said Nand Kumar, Principal Secretary, School Education and Sports.

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