Constitution of Expert Committee/Group in School Education Department to implementing the education reforms, strategies and plans

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ABSTRACT

School Education Department – Constitution of Expert Committee/Group in School

Education Department for providing strategic and policy advice and guidance to the

Government in designing and implementing the education reforms, strategies and

plans – Orders Issued.

SCHOOL EDUCATION (PROG.II) DEPARTMENT

G.O.MS.No. 106 Dated: 07.12.2015

Read the following

1. Minutes of the meeting held by the Hon’ble Minister HRD with

the School Education on 07.11.2015

2. Govt. Memo. No. 83296/Prog.II/A1/2015, dated 10.11.2015

3. From the Commissioner of School Education, A.P.

Hyderabad Lr Rc. No. SPL/CSE/2015, dated 17.11.2015

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ORDER:

            It has been proposed to take up educational reforms for enhanced quality in

elementary and secondary education in the State of Andhra Pradesh. To achieve

this vision and goal, among other things, it has been decided to constitute an Expert

Committee for providing strategic and policy advice and guidance to the

Government in designing and implementing the education reforms, strategies and

plans and for enhancement of quality in school education.

2. In the reference 2nd read above, the Commissioner of School Education,

A.P., Hyderabad has submitted a proposal for constitution of an Advisory Council in

the Education Department.

3. After careful examination of the matter, Government hereby constitute an

Expert Committee/Group in School Education for providing strategic and policy

advice and guidance to the Government in designing and implementing the

education reforms, strategies and plans and for enhancement of quality in school

education. The committee will support the Chief Minister, Minister for Human

Resource Development (HRD) and Department of School Education in replicating

international best practices in School Education management. The Expert

Committee/Group is as follows:

1 Minister for Human Resource Development,

Government of Andhra Pradesh                                            : Chairman

2 Commissioner &Director of School Education,

A.P. Hyderabad                                                                      : Member Secretary

3 Bramhasree Sri Chaganti Koteswara Rao,

Prominent Reader of Spiritual Pravachanams                      : Member

4 Sri B.V. Pattabhiram,

Familiar Hypnotherapist and Personality

Developer                                                                               : Member

5 Dr. N.V. Warlu,

Leading Motivational Speaker                                                : Member

6 Sri K.I.Varaprasad Reddy, Founder Chairman

& M.D. Santha Biotechnics                                                    : Member

Terms of Reference for Expert Committee/Group on School Education are as

follows:

1. Strengthening the capacities of GoAP in school education reforms, strategy

planning, policy development and implementation;

2. Provide advice on Global best practices and experiences in the

implementation of education reforms for enhanced quality in elementary and

secondary education in the State of Andhra Pradesh;

3. Provide guidance for the development of policy brief for the reforms and

development of the education system in the State.

4. Support review of the current Plan programmes under Elementary Education

and Literacy, in terms of access, enrolment, retention, dropouts and with

particular emphasis on outcomes on quality of education by gender, social

and regional classifications.

5. To advise Government of Andhra Pradesh to evolve a detailed perspective

plan and strategies with specific medium term monitorable targets in terms of

average years of schooling and for providing quality elementary education

upto Class VIII to all children in the age group of 6-14 years as per RTE Act

mandate and to suggest improvements in delivery mechanism for effective

implementation of various schemes/ programmes.

6. To advise Government of Andhra Pradesh to evolve a policy for providing

quality School education, educational infrastructure through public, private

cooperation/ partnership and involvement of Corporate Sector/ Civil Society/

NGOs in the promotion of elementary education of equitable quality.

7. Advise and support the Minister of HRD on improved management of

Schools, undertaking learning and teaching initiatives, enhancing academic

outcomes, programs and courses, and educational partnerships.

8. Recommend strategies for extensive use of Information Technology in all

areas of school education management.

9. Share their knowledge and expertise in integrating IT applications and tools in

the teaching learning process.

10. Advise on revisiting/ reviewing the curriculum and advise on integrating

Vocational Education at Secondary School level and for aligning it with the

latest global trends.

11. Help School Education Department to evolve detailed plan and strategies

with medium and long term monitorable targets for universal access,

retention and quality of education at primary and upper primary levels.

12. Advise on accessing particular high-quality resources – both for teaching

topics present in the current and the new curriculum, and those resources for

teaching new topics introduced by the new curriculum.

13. Develop a sustainable design for Continuous Professional Development and

training for Teachers.

14. Advise on developing/ improving effective tools for training in Evaluation and

Assessment and its dissemination – CCE.

15. To suggest ways and means to enhance effectiveness of school

management, supervision and monitoring with a view to impart quality

education and improving learners’ achievements.

16. To advise and support School Education Department to formulate an

operational strategy and action plan for convergence with other schemes,

provide advice on formulating strategies for progressively universalizing preschool

education for all children in the age group of 4-6 years with high

priority to disadvantaged regions including Scheduled Areas.

17. To suggest measures for improving implementation of RTE harmonized

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamika Siksha Abhiyan

(RMSA) other Literacy Programmes for improvements/ restructuring of

literacy programmes for greater involvement of State Government, and

increasing transparency and accountability.

18. To undertake an in-depth review of the implementation of Mid-Day Meal

(MDM) Program, in terms of adequacy and effectiveness of the delivery

Systems and infrastructure and the impact of the programmes on school

attendance and on improvement in the nutritional status of children etc.

19. To review effectiveness of programmes addressing the needs of SCs, STs,

OBCs., Minorities, girls’ education and to examine the feasibility of

introducing alternative systems for imparting quality education to the poor

students including CCT.

20. To suggest measures for faster reduction in illiteracy in the state with

emphasis on gender, regional and social dimensions and also incentivizing

state with high literacy rates to achieve 100% literacy.

21. To suggest modifications in educational indicators, computation of education

index that captures ground reality, and also suggests measures for

improvements in management of educational statistics at district, state and

national levels and reduces the time lag in publication of educational statistics

22. Recommend feasible methods for timely selection and deployment of

teachers, to ensure conformity with the requirements laid down in the

Schedule to the RTE Act within the timeframes stipulated under the RTE Act.

4. The Commissioner of School Education, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad shall

take further necessary action accordingly.

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)

R.P. SISODIA

SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT