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Context: Recently the House panel on education discusses COVID-19 impact on education and syllabus reforms.
About the discussions:
Surveys:
- A survey of Classes 8-12 in centrally run schools last August showed that 80-90% of students were dependent on mobiles rather than laptops for digital schooling. Around 30% of students were affected by electricity supply disruptions.
- States were then asked to do a similar mapping of access to online schooling, digital devices and Internet connectivity. This report is expected to be available next month.
- The postponed National Achievement Survey, that assesses the learning levels of students in Class 3, 5 and 8, will also be held in November this year.
Syllabus:
- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports held their last round of consultations on textbook reforms.
- They discussed about How the Mughal history is glorified in Indian textbooks? The panel also discussed about the insufficient understanding of ancient Indian history.
- They compared history textbooks from Gujarat, Kerala and the National Council of Educational Research and Training and argued that the latter two give too much importance to the Mughal era.
- The Committee is likely to submit its report on reforming the design and content of textbooks in a month’s time.
Source: The Hindu
