Rajasthan

• 03 Aug 2023

Interactive video prepared for the guidelines of Holistic Education Programs

Why in News?

On August 2, 2023, Naveen Jain, Government Secretary, School Education Department of Rajasthan said that as a unique initiative by the department in the state, videos of programs, activities and 'Teachers Training Module' conducted under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan have been prepared. These will be circulated to teachers of all government schools through WhatsApp groups in the coming days.

Key Points:

• Government Secretary Naveen Jain said that under this, about four dozen guidelines have been included in 15 interactive videos and uploaded on 'YouTube' and their QR codes have been created.   
• With this new initiative, teachers, parents, the general public and students will be able to get information about their related programs through these videos by scanning the 'QR code' on mobile in a few minutes.
• This experiment will lead to more transparency in departmental activities and will promote community participation. It will be easy to read and understand the guidelines circulated in the form of videos, which will enable the effective operation of departmental schemes.
• He informed that the guidelines of different programs under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan are issued from time to time through departmental circulars. The guidelines issued in this traditional manner are often limited to officers and principals.
• In this direction, all the 'guidelines' were reviewed by the department while working 'out of the box'. By combining practical and similar aspects, 'interactive videos' have been created by turning them into 'audio-visual forms'. These videos have been uploaded on 'YouTube' and their 'QR codes' have been created.
• These will be made accessible to all government schools in the state through a 'WhatsApp group' of officials, teachers, students and parents at the division, district, block and school level under the department.
• Useful videos will be created on different themes:
  • Keeping in mind the utility and requirements for all the 'Stakeholders' of the School Education Department, these videos have been prepared on different themes.
  • The video titled 'Grants for School' contains essential information and useful information about Composite School Grants and Sports Grants, Youth and Eco Clubs and Science Clubs in 'Clubs in the School', 'School Utsav', the video titled 'School Utsav' contains necessary and useful information about Praveshotsav, Annual Festival, Alumni Meet, Children's Festival, Kala Utsav, Rangotsav and 'Hostels' video.
  • A special video has been prepared for students and teachers covering the main topics related to teaching learning material-related activities such as teacher-student diaries, all types of workbooks (remedial readiness), art and ABL kits, and science and mathematics kits.
  • Videos have also been made on Rani Laxmibai Self-Defense Training, ICT Lab, Vocational Education Activities, Community Mobility (School Level Development Committee Meetings, Community Awareness Day and Aapnii Lado Scheme) and Adolescent Empowerment Activities (Raju/Meena Manch, Gargi Manch, Teachers' Forum, Kishori Mela and Child Rights Club).
• Focus on students with special needs
  • The department conducts activities like transport allowance, escort allowance, stipend and reader allowance for 'Children with Special Needs'. Important information about them can be accessed through a video.
  • Similarly, videos related to the active corner, reading corner and art corner in the video of pre-primary education in Mahatma Gandhi Schools as well as TLM (Teaching Learning Material) kit for pre-primary education and transport voucher scheme for students are now available on YouTube for everyone.
• Includes short-term teacher training
  • Various trainings of many teachers are conducted throughout the session for a short period of one or two days at the block and district level in the department. To join them, teachers have to travel from their schools to cities or any other centre to get training. This causes unnecessary trouble to them and also adversely affects classroom teaching.
  • In such a situation, videos have also been made about such training running at the block and district level, which teachers can see according to their convenience on their mobile and get information about the activities.
  • Apart from this, a video related to the examination of schools and teachers for quality education has been given information about Nipun Mela, Shala Siddhi and Teacher Evaluation Form, Quality Monitoring Tool.

Several important bills passed by voice vote in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

Why in News?

On August 2, 2023, the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly passed several important bills including the Rajasthan Electricity (Tariff) Bill, 2023 by voice vote.

Key Points:

• In-charge Minister and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Kumar Dhariwal presented the Rajasthan Electricity (Tariff) Bill, 2023 in the House for consideration, after discussion on which the House passed the bill by voice vote.
• Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Tikaram Julie presented the Mahatma Gandhi Divyang University, Jodhpur Bill, 2023 for consideration in the House, after which the House passed the bill by voice vote.
• Cooperative Minister Udaylal Anjana presented the Rajasthan State Farmers Debt Relief Commission Bill, 2023 for consideration in the House, after which the House passed the bill by voice vote.
• Revenue Minister Ramlal Jat presented the Rajasthan Tenancy (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the House for consideration, after discussion on which the House passed the bill by voice vote.
• Devasthan Minister Shakuntala Rawat presented the Nathdwara Temple (Amendment) Bill, 2023 for consideration in the House, after which the House passed the bill by voice vote.