School Education Department

Presentation to the

Education Commission, West Bengal

Purview of SSA in West Bengal

Literacy Rate : 77.08% *Literacy Rate has gone up from 68.64% to 77.08% from 2001 Census to 2011 Census.

Total population:9,13,47,736 (Census 2011)

No. of Clusters (CRCs) : 4217

No. of Educational Districts : 20

PuruliyaBankura

PaschimMedinipur

PurbaMedinipur

S 24 Pgns

N 24 PgnsHugli

Barddhaman Nadia

Murshidabad

Birbhum

Maldah

D. Dinajpur

U. Dinajpur

Darjiling

Jalpaiguri

Koch Bihar

HaoraKolkata

No. of Blocks : 341

No. of Sub-Divisions : 66

No. of Educational Circles : 730

Structure of School Education Dept

MIC

Secretary

CSE

District Inspectorate

Sub district structures

Principal functions of Dept & Dte

School Education Dept: policy making body

School Education Directorate: implementing agency

Project Offices: PBSSM, CMDMP Boards: WBBPE, WBBSE, WBCHSE,

WBCROS Others: WBCSSC, SCERT, DPSC

Expert Committee

UP & Secondary schools

Institutional Arrangement of School Education

5

Department of School

Education

Directorate of School Education

W . B . Board of Primary Education

W . B . Board of

Secondary Education

W . B . Council of

Higher Secondary Education

District Inspector of

Schools ( Secondary

Education )

District Inspector of

Schools ( Primary

Education )

Addl Dist-Inspector of

Schools (ADI) -Sub Div Level

District Primary School Council

State Council of Education

Research & Training

State Project Office ,

P . B . S . S . M .

W . B , School Service

Commission

W . B , Council of Rabindra

Open Schooling

Asstt. Inspector of

Schools (AIS) –

Block - Level

SubInspector of

Schools ( S . I .) - Circle

Level

CRC

Department of Minority Affairs

& Madrasah Education

Directorate of Madrasah Education

W . B . B . M .E .

Primary schools

Functions of Directorate

Setting up new schools Sanctioning of posts Release of grants Regulate service of teachers/non teaching staff Payment of PF, Pension and other benefits to

teachers Training of teachers Distribution of Text Books, Scholarships etc All other support services

Structure of District Inspectorate

DI S

AIS

SIS

Structure of Inspecting cadre

WB Senior Education Service (WBSES): JDSE/DDSE

WB Education Service (WBES): DIS/ADIS/ADSE

WB Sub ordinate Education Service: SIS/AIS

Teacher Training Arrangement

SCERT

DIETs

PTTIs

IASE

CTE

In service

Pre service

W.B Board of Primary Education

W.B Board of Madrasah Education

WBC of Rabindra Open Schooling

W.B. Board of Secondary Education

W.B. Council of Higher Secy. Edn.

Directorate of School Education

SCERT PBSSM

School Education Department

Others Deptt.

DI of Schools (Secondary)

DI of Schools (Primary)

DIET

PTTI

District Project Office (SSM)

DPSC

AI of Schools (Sub-division Level)

Upper Pry. Schools

SI/s of Schools (Primary) CLRC

CRC

VEC/SMC

Pry. School Madrasah Study Centres

School Education activities by different Departments

School Education DepttSchool Education Deptt

Other Deptt.Other Deptt.

P&RD Deptt..

Municipal

Affairs Health & Family Welfare

MEE Deptt.

Social Welfare Deptt.

Labour Deptt.

Public Health Deptt.

Tech. Edu.

Deptt.

PBRSSM

Z P

PS

GP

SSP

WEC

CRC

VEC

SSK MSK

School Health

Programme

PLP, CEP, NFE

NCLPICDSImpart Tech.

EducationDrinking

water prog. in School

All these programme will ultimately create a conducive

environment for UEE

All these programme will ultimately create a conducive

environment for UEE

Other agencies

like UNICEF,

UNESCO, DFID, EU,

World Bank

RTE Mandates• Access

– Providing physical access – residential facilities or transportation– Headmasters’ Room– PTR, Classrooms, Teachers etc.

DEADLINE of 31st March 2013 for most provisions

• Quality– PTR , a classroom for every teacher– Curriculum, Syllabus and Textbooks renewal -Teachers’ Training – Teaching Learning Materials– Libraries– Sports and Playing Materials

West Bengal’s Roadmap• Completion of all pending work• Additional ACRs -9599 for meeting up gaps• 527 Primary Schools and 48 Upper Primary Schools for

providing physical access.• PTR: Completing Recruitment Process and Teachers in place by

June 2013• Training of Untrained Teachers

– 75,000+ teachers enrolled in the ODL DElEd Course– Remaining to be taken up in 2013-14 subject to NCTE

Approval– 30,000 BEd Training for teachers in Secondary Schools

teaching Upper Primary level – NCTE approval received

West Bengal’s Roadmap• Curriculum, Syllabus & Textbooks Renewal – Classes I, III, V and VII in

2013 and II, IV, VI and VIII in 2014.• Adequate Teachers’ training on CCE, New Textbooks, RTE and NCF

etc.• Libraries• Head Master’s Rooms• Teaching Learning Materials• Inclusive Education• Nirmal Vidhyalaya Abhijan – promoting health and hygiene• KGVBs – upscaling for reaching more girls• CAL • Learning Enhancement Programme- Early Literacy and Activity Based

Science and Maths learning• ECE – Curriculum Renewal and Manual for ICDS workers

Number of Schools

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-130

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

80000

90000

100000

72657 73769

88663 89906 9206694683No. of Schools( All Management )

No. of Sch...

Source: Provisional UDISE as on 30th September 2012

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-130

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

80000

56989 56907 58158

77761 79258 79962No. of Schools ( Govt. + Govt. Aided)

No. of Sch...

Pupil Teacher Ratio

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-130

10

20

30

40

50

60

46.15

39.54 38.68

31.5129.62 29.1481201291566

57.5355.01 55.77

51.4747.37 48.5560669911518

Primary Upper Primary

Source: Provisional UDISE as on 30th September 2012

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-130

1000000

2000000

3000000

4000000

5000000

6000000

7000000

8000000

9000000

68063046537405

7624789 7474799 7205627

6896795

5664317 57885536166741 6330203 6296138

6244990

Enrolment (Govt. + Govt. Aided + SSK + MSK)

Primary (I to IV) U Primary ( V to VIII )

Enrolment Figures

Source: Provisional UDISE as on 30th September 2012

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-130

1000000

2000000

3000000

4000000

5000000

6000000

7000000

8000000

9000000

10000000

8315923

9420759 9261397 8976413 8615566

4010035 4370771 4543514 4525352 4525923

Primary( Class I to Class V) Upper Primary( Class VI to Class VIII)

Enrolment Figures

Source: Provisional UDISE as on 30th September 2012

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

25.00

25.50

26.00

26.50

27.00

27.50

28.00

28.50

29.00

29.50

28.34 28.39 28.5128.10

28.9329.23

26.69

27.57

27.97 27.90

28.8029.04

%age of SC Enrolment

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

0.00

1.00

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

6.00

7.00

8.00

9.007.34 7.27 7.15

8.307.70

8.55

5.24 5.33 5.355.90 5.84

6.32

%age of ST Enrolment

Enrolment Figures (SC,ST & Muslims)

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-130.00

5.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

25.00

30.00

35.0030.2940288

659573 30.0332.56 32.87 31.98

33.69

22.4235548094604 23.49

26.29 27.26 28.01 28.11

%age of Muslim Enrolment

Primary Upper Primary

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130.00

20.00

40.00

60.00

80.00

100.00

120.00

140.00

116.89121.20 123.86 130.14

118.89114.81

98.53 99.05 98.95 98.96 99.40

99.32

Primary Level ( GER & NER )

GER NER

GER & NER

Source: Provisional UDISE as on 30th September 2012

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130.00

20.00

40.00

60.00

80.00

100.00

120.00

88.14 88.64 78.48

105.62 106.26107.69

76.64 76.05 75.75

89.6495.81 90.82

Upper Primary Level (GER & NER )

GER NER

GER & NER

Source: Provisional UDISE as on 30th September 2012

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-130

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

700000

800000

545677

12412475390 80654 76549 44412

747058

332091

207136159583

141601

92025

OOSC

Primary Upper Primary

Out of School Children

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-120.00

1.00

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

6.00

7.00

8.00

9.00

6.85

4.94 4.45

6.00 4.81

6.58

7.74

5.41

7.26

6.53

Dropout (Govt. + Aided + SSK +MSK )

Primary U Primary

Drop Out Rate

Source: Provisional UDISE as on 30th September 2012

Quality Interventions

Unveiling of New Textbooks for Classes I,III, V as per the NCF 2005 and RTE 2009

Continuous Comprehensive

Evaluation

Early Childhood Education

New ECE Curriculum Framework

Handbook for ICDS workers on ECE

Computer Aided Learning

Nirmal Vidhyalaya Abhijan

Nirmal Vidhyalaya Abhijan

Prize Winners of the Sit and Draw

Competition

Special Training

Special Training

ToR (a) : Road Map/ Vision

• Universal access to elementary education• Universal access to secondary education• 80% access higher secn. Edn• 20% find access to vocational edn/ gainful

employment after Cl 10 and 40% after Cl 12• WB to be one of the top states in performance

in JEE Advance, JEE Main, CLAT and All India Medical Exams

ToR (b) : Innovations, Char bldg

• Shift from ‘chalk & talk’ to activity based teaching

• Shift from rote learning to learning by doing• Shift from only academics to bringing out

talent in multiple areas- sports, music, fine arts etc

• Develop leadership• Less emphasis on completing syllabus

ToR ( c): Syllabi/ curricula, appraisal

• High stakes single board exam vs multiple attempts

• Inputs from CBSE, International curricula• Stress ability to analyse and solve than to

memorise • Basic level for all, advance level for only

interested• Credit system

ToR (d) :economy, industry, IT

• Learning for employment (vocational options)• Education to employability – develop

communication, soft skills • Systematic feedback from industry• IT skills from young age – Class 5?• School campus interviews• Summer internship, co-op programs

ToR (e) : private investment

• State to gradually change from service provider to regulator

• Allow placement linked schooling• System of State funding of private education

for poor students• Recognise profit motive in edn?• Tax sops – income tax/ service tax/ property

tax

ToR (f) : Acts, rules, regulations

• Incredible complexity – a rule for each individual?

• Repeal all and start anew• Simplify categories, institutions and types of

Govt support• HR policies for teachers

ToR (g) : Bodies, jurisdiction, synergy

• Multiplicity and overlap• One Academic Board?• One recruitment agency?• One Teacher’s Training Body?• All work toward common vision

ToR (h) : Practices, procedures

• Remove complexity• Incentives on performance not qualification• Disincentives• Welfare body• Quick redressal of grievances• Accountable for results

ToR (i) : languages

• Vernacular vs English• How many languages – all mother tongues?• Place of Sanskrit• Instruction in mother tongue upto which class• How many languages to learn, upto which

level

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