Eklavya Model Residential Schools | 30 Jul 2021

Why in News

• Recently, a scheme has been prepared for the online education system in Eklavya Model Residential Schools operated by the Department of Tribal and Scheduled Caste in the state.

Key Points

• One Eklavya Model Residential School in each district will be identified as the nodal school, where teachers and resources will be available for online learning. From here other Eklavya Model Residential Schools in the district, which do not have the facility of online education, will also be connected online.
• There is also the provision for monitoring at the ground level through departmental teachers, hostel superintendents and divisional coordinators.
• Essential arrangement and monitoring of online teachers will be done by the Assistant Commissioner, Tribal Development and at the state level by the Review Commissioner. Provision has been made for the monitoring system from village level to head of department level.
• The objective of this scheme is to get the students studying in these schools to be taught by the school teacher according to the CBSE and CG Board syllabus, keeping the students engaged in studies, evaluating regular tests, psychological support, and guidance to the students, contact with the parents of the students and communication of the students.
• In order to provide regular educational support and guidance to the students, there is a provision for online education through Google Meet to the students by preparing the setup of online teaching at the school level.
• A team will be formed by engaging permanent teachers and teachers from other schools. Subject-wise, a core group will be formed for each subject, in which there will be a minimum of three teachers of that subject.