Underlines importance of " Buddy Groups" of students, teachers and schools at the cutting edge level
Rajnish Sareen
Nawanshahr, September 01, 2020: The Education Secretary, Krishan Kumar, has exhorted the Education Officials, School Heads and teachers to take execution of "Punjab Achievement Survey" as passion and not just as an obligation to perform a task.
He was interacting with the District Education Officers( Secondary and Elementary), School Heads, Block Primary Education Officers, PPDCs, DMs, Zila Sikhiya Sudhar Teams of districts Nawanshahr and Hoshiarpur via webinar to take stock of the progress of the Preparatory Tests going on under the " Punjab Achievement Survey. During the webinar, he gave a patient hearing to their suggestions and the good practices being adopted by them for the successful implementation of the programme at the cutting edge level. He lauded the commendable efforts , innovative good practices and valuable suggestions of the education officials, school heads and teachers .
" Punjab Achievement Survey", currently underway in all the government and government aided schools across the state is not only aimed at to prepare the students for achieving distinction in the Learning Outcome Tests in the ensuing " National Achievement Survey" but to strengthen the understanding level of the basic concepts of different subjects and their reasoning ability . It would ultimately hone up their skill of attempting the competitive examinations, consequently helping them to achieve better rankings in various Entrance Examinations for seeking admissions in engineering, medical, commerce and other courses as well as tapping employment avenues in future.", said the Education Secretary Krishan Kumar.
He also underlined the importance of constituting " Buddy Groups" of the students, teachers and the schools to ensure smooth and joyful execution of the programme. The formation of " Buddy Groups" would foster team work consequently evoking better response from the students and the parents for ensuring cent percent participation in this mega exercise. Besides, " Buddy Groups" would help in building the capacity and constant group discussions among the "Buddy Groups" would be a nurturing ground for innovative ideas, further said Krishan Kumar, while advising them to ensure the capacity building of heads, teachers and students of the Government Aided Schools also.