‘Rajasthan Ke Shiksha Mein Badhte Kadam’ Program

• 12 Jul 2022

Why in News?

• On July 11, 2022, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched the remediation program 'Rajasthan Ke Shiksha Mein Badhte Kadam' through virtual medium to compensate the school students of the state for the loss of studies during the Corona period.

Key Points

• Apart from this, the Chief Minister also released the poster and logo of the 'Rajasthan Ke Shiksha Mein Badhte Kadam' program. He also inaugurated the 'Field Orientation' programme for teachers, education officers, parents and children.
• Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that in order to meet the long loss caused by the Corona pandemic, a remediation program 'Growing Steps in Education of Rajasthan' is being launched for the students of classes 1 to 8 in the academic session 2022-23, under which the students will be taught in a skill-based, easy and joyful way of teaching in the bridge course conducted.
• It is noteworthy that in order to compensate the educational loss of the young people due to Covid, in the budget of the year 2022-23, 'Bridge Program' was announced with a financial provision of Rs 75 crore.
• Under the 'Rajasthan Ke Shiksha Mein Badhte Kadam' program, the emphasis will be on learning rather than cramming into bridge courses. In the bridge course, for classes 1 to 8, 4 periods will be fixed in the first three months and 2 periods in the remaining entire session.
• Under the scheme, skill based workbooks will be prepared for more than 75 lakh students and proficiency assessment will be done 3 times a year.
• Under this program, proficiency based holistic report cards of the students will be made with regular teacher-parent meetings.
• For effective implementation of this program, capacity building programs of teachers will be conducted and the facility of Teaching Aid App will also be made available to all teachers of classes 3 to 8.