Aiming to transform the education landscape of Delhi, Deputy Chief and Education Minister Manish Sisodia said 98 per cent result is not enough and all have to to education to next level.

Citing Delhi’s education model, Sisodia said,”

Last  five years showed us what we can achieve within the existing education system. Now our aim is to redefine the education system to prepare our students for the challenges of the 21st century world.”

After the announcements of Class X and XII of Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE ), Sisodia convened the first joint meeting of Delhi’s Curriculum Reform and Delhi Education Board Committee for the designing of new Curriculum and Board for Delhi Schools.

Lauding the efforts of government teachers, the education minister encouraged his staff and said, Delhi schools have achieved success on existing educational parameters.

Sisodia announced the constitution of two committees - DEC and a committee for curriculum reforms which he promised during the announcement of annual budget 2020-21 in Delhi Legislative Assembly.

Starting the discussion with the exemplary performance of Delhi Govt schools in Class 12 Board examinations,  Sisodia said that  the Team Education should start thinking of taking education to the next level, “Our Delhi Govt schools have showcased exemplary performance in class 12 board exam results. This is a reflection of the work that has been done in the last 5 years.  But 98% result is not enough, we have to work together to take education to the next level,” he said.

Sharing his vision for the next five years is to transform the education system of Delhi, Sisodia said the newly constituted committees will guide and tell us how we can achieve our aim.

The Committee for the creation of the framework for the Delhi State Education Board will study global best practices in learning assessment, reimagine current assessment practices and provide a roadmap for an innovative, student-friendly scheme of assessment to be followed by the new Education Board of Delhi.

Members of this committee include  Professor Ankur Sarin (faculty member, IIM Ahmedabad), Dr. Wilima Wadhwa (Director of ASER Centre),   Ashok Pandey (Director of Ahlcon Group of Schools) amongst others.

The Committee for the creation of the new curriculum for children upto the age of 14 years will study globally renowned best practices in curriculum and reforms and recommend what is best suited for Delhi. The Committee is mandated to re-imagine current curriculum, pedagogical practices and provide a roadmap for an innovative, student-friendly curriculum for the pre-primary, primary and upper primary stages in the schools of Delhi.

Members of this committee include Abha Adams (Advisor Education, Step by Step School);  Ameeta Wattal (Principal, Springdales School) , Dr Rukmini Banerji ( CEO, Pratham Education Foundation); Vinod Karate ( Social Entrepreneur and CEO, The Teacher App) amongst others.

The Education Minister of Delhi stated that he convened a joint meeting of these committees, as curriculum and assessment are inextricably linked to each other.

Delhi government under the leadership of Chief Minister Arvind Kejirwal has shown what can be done within the existing education system in the past five years, by bringing about massive transformation in the quality of education.

“The team should think about redesigning the education system in a way that will suit the demand and challenges of the 21st century world,” said Sisodia.

Dr Rukmini Banerji,a member of the Delhi Education Curriculum Committee  and CEO, Pratham Education Foundation said , “In India we see an increase in urbanization, that is a reality around which our education model should be redesigned. And therefore Delhi can be a good starting point for reimagining how education should be in urban India.”

Professor Ankur Sarin, faculty member, IIM Ahmedabad said, “ We should try and achieve a balance between the inward-looking mindset and the outward ambition to think beyond Delhi.”

Dr. Wilima Wadhwa,  a member of the Board Committee of Delhi Education Department, and Director, ASER Centre said, “A proper system of feedback mechanism needs to be established in the schools so that the students feel motivated to own their learning. It also opens up a channel of communication and scope for improvement at both ends. The students will then feel heard and more interested.”