T he Delhi Government identified and initiated their best practices, concerns and sharing a effwtstolmprowthequalityof education in54 information.

pilot xhools last year on an experimental basis.The bwnl w- ultimate plan is to develop all government shooks Art (All) pro(lramme, on the lines ofthe kamingfmmthese pilotxhoois. friendly, and llvdy pedaw in classroom, Thesexhods -Id be In the

sector was introduced to teach at primaty level through but * par with in the "' They various art forms. To crese interest in Maths, would have a lower student-teacher ratio and will acthrity based skills wa5 introduced in be Mterequipped.

Classes 1 to 3 in caltaboratton with Jodogyan. With the aim to impmethe quahdeducanon in wmal on musk, dance (cbrsical and Delhitapp'katonswwerou*tfmm contemporary), theatre, Rne arts (including mft), schools to be the pilot schools. In all, around 250 ere&wrinngand photography were pmided to schools responded wit! theirvision documents and dewlop the Mtivities of school Mueprints,ofwhi*54werese1ectedandnamedas students. Professional academies like Tansen pilot schools. A meetlng of these 54 Khool HoS (Heads of Schools - P54)

Academy, Lokrang.

were called and based on Mai th i i i Group and

t h e l r suggest ions Natraj Academy have

necessary support was been engaged. Learning

granted to improve the m a n a g e r s w e r e

qualityofeducation. Introduced to Improve

Thestrategy Is to ckvelpp the teachingpedagagy.

infrastructure, lmpmve Vocational toursb learning outcomes and Jnder the Vocational impar t leadership education, courses in programmes. Some of I re ta i l , t r a v e l and the initiatives in these tourism, information s c h o o l s i n c l u d e ; rnd technology (IT), state~f-the-art facilities, enovations, principals beauty and weliness, financial market sent abmadfwtraininsin leadershipskllls, modem management, and security were introduced In classrooms and successful Initiatives being model and 150 other shoals. Vowtional courses replieatedinall Gowrnment schools. like pottery, toy-malring and skill development

I- MI courses like information and technology and tml and tourism are currently offered In the pilot

Subsequently, an amount was allocated for conmuction of new classrooms; repair of existing

schools. Skill development is one of the many ambitious plans ofthe Delhl government, which is

bullding and for other infrastructure works. Estate workilwwtwl llorthestUdents. managers were hired to assist in the administrative work and for the upkeep of school premises. The %W& tnfrastructure work was malniy carried out through Sports branch has taken a spedal drive to pmrnote Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development sports in the 54 pilot schools of Delhi G m m e n t . Corporation (DTTDC), Classrooms have been 1- sports infrastructure Is being created in amtructed and renovation work in manyschoolsis these schools. Sports material has been provided to in mumess. the tune of Rs. 1.88 crom as oer the reauiremmt . - LBsdershlp Rai* of thew schools. Besides the'sports m&rial, the

funds required by these schools on account of and were sent On a lZdW providing refreshment and conveyance to the

won to Cambridge Unhrersity Ihe- student players for pamdpatlllg in zonal, inter- day tnlnlng sewon to IIMs. Owing i~adenhip zml are provided. The pmenm by the In South West "lhl was required for preparing the sports kits for the extended to these xhods where principals came

n a small gmup of 10-12 people to discuss bntd on Pg 7...

page-2 READIN6 ASSmYEWT January 2017

p o s t one lakh ch i ldh have learnt to read advance $oriisi-~ teachers u$ one sample to assess the reading level of children in the Government scdools as a result of the 70 da$ Cading hk/hergmup. The level was recorded on the white board and put

campaign launched by the Delhi Government recently. The up In fmnt of the HoS's office. The reading level of children that teachers and staff of Do led by the Education Minister Mankh weekand the previousweekwasstatedon the board. Sisodia had taken a pledg 1 on theTeachers day thatthey will strive To engage parents and communities, the School Management to get all children readihg in Hindi fluently by Children's day Committees (SMCs) organised "Reading Mela" on the weekends (September 5, 2016 to[ November 14, 2016). The campaign where they would invite parents and demonstrate the activities focussedon all childrenof6M6to8oftheDirectorateofEducation. that thwcoulddoathometohelotheirchild learntoread. Government of NCT ~ e / h i schools who could not read thei; , _._:._ textbooks. Among the children who were targeted in the uurcorne

30% of StandBrd 6. 28% of and 329( of Just like the baseline, the final reading assessment of children was . - . have learnt to Lad a.dvance stories, as per the report of conducted by teachers themselves. These assessments were

Department of Education. conducted in the second half of November 2016. Thereafter, for -- external validation, about 2000

w-'1 : Students a

Background udents of 9 DIETS spread across different parts of Delhi were engaged to assess 10% randomly

Reading selected children by central MIS ofall enmlledchildren of team for each school. The

assessment by DIET students have =red less than 33d marks found consistency in case of 85% in the comblned Sum ative L children of the highest two reading

Assessment of previouscl s. 3 levelsreported bythexhools. Based on the final assessment and its cornparison with baseline, it was found that in Std 6, 46%

6 levels- beginner, letter, word, children can read advance stories

p a r a g r a p h ( S t d 1 ] l e v e l as against only 25% in baseline.

competency), Story (Std 82 level - . ~rther, there was a reduction

competency) and ~dvanch Story (having an excerpt of about 100 ng children of this dass who could not read

wordsfromthetext book ~ t d 6).The highest levelattained bythe even asimple textof Std 1 level. in Std7, the proportion of children child is remrded as reading level. Hence a child who is a t who could now read advance stories was 64% as against 52% in paragraph level he can read letters, words and baseline. Only 1°% children of this class not read a text of

paragraphs but notstoryo{advancestory. Std 1 level as opposed to 24% in baseline and in Std 8, the

Out of the total of 6,32,370 chlldren enmlled in Std 6 to 8 of DoE pemntage of children who could read advance stories increased

M, the Reading ,-- focvssed on ~ , s ~ , J J ~ i.e. 56% of from 5S%to68%and children who could not readeven aStd 1 level

the total enmlled In other words, these children were textreducedfmm20%to8%. between level and needed support and focus to One of the areas of is the that nearly 11%

which is equivalent to their grade children Std 6-8 continue to be a level where they can just

level text. recognlse few words or letters or not even that. In t e n s of absolute numbers, this is about 65.000 children. A different strategy would be required for these children- for reaching out as

of two teachers we~lasforlearningsupport. from each school on r+ding pedagogy. The sessions were One of the most significant achievements of the Campaign has fadlitatRd bytheMentorTdachers(an academic resourcegroup for been the efforts of teachers in reaching out to that child who was the Delhi government xhqols based at XERT). Thereafter, a set of otherwise "lost in the crowd".including children with special needs. 30 short stories, 30 paragraph and word cards (each cad has 12 They made efforts to understand why some children were not paragraphs and a set of s), a compendium of 48 amvities tha makine pmgress and used innovative methods to support their could be carried out at different reading levels and learning. The Directorate has supplemented these efforts by ohaneticcards/chartswererriven to each school. launching "OperatJon Smile" in its schools to support children with

I h e ~eads o f k l s issigned a batch of upto 20 children to learning disabilities also. Having built the momentum now, all one teacher of their . At least one hour of focused reading x h d s are havingdaily reading period in which children read story amvitieswere conducted qy the teachers with hw/hisgmup daily. books available in their IibraFies and the SMCs are continuing to Learning progress was t with the help of six samples of organise "Reading Melas" toinvolve parents and communities in reading assessment school. Every Saturday, the su~~omngthelearningoftheirchildren.

January 2017

Anita Sotio, Director, SCERT

T he Department of Education (DOE) in collaboratidh hth Slate wlll be chosen through pre-decided criteria to go to Harvard for me Council of Educational Research and Training (XERT) and key international exposure focused on gaining new perspectives in

implementation partners is working to improve the quality of termsofknowledge,competencies,livedvaluesanda~tudes. learning for children, educators and school Principals across all The Interventions for School Leadership Development are based schools in Delhi by 2018. The Cell for School Leadership has been on continuous engagement. There has been palpable change in continuously working for developing school leadership acmss all developinga positive school environment wherethmugh intensive Government and Government aided schools of DOE since March, and extensive sharing better relationships are reflected in effective 2014. and purposeful team building. Schools are on the way to

d The objective of Capacity Building for the Head of Schools is understanding the importance and thus developing shared vision focused on developing leadership and collaboration, personal and at the same time development of leadership in others and responsibility, thmughsharedvision and peer group learning.The development of teacher competencie$ to improve the learning aim is to bring backthe same practicewithin their own schoolswith levelsof students in schools. teachers and School Management Committees (SMCs), integrating different learninggoalsinacohesivekhoolLearningPlan thatthey ONLINE TEACHING FOR TEACHER^ want to take ownershipof and have dewlopedthemseives. klt

than piecemeal interventions. All three interventions had a regular feedback and/or monitoring mechanism in place. Since the programme was developed organically through the year, not all components were integrated. Learning fmm the same has beel? reflected on to integrate and create a comprehensive training piar forallstakeholdersins~oolsstartingApril2016. I

Workcarried outand in progressin theyear2016-17 In 2016-17 the scaling up was the focus, therefore, 200 Schools of DOE (NN-A and B) are undergoing a SLDP 16 days pmgramme designed by NUEPA and the other 800 schools of DOE are undergoing a Principal Development integrated Pmgramme by SCERT in collaboration with Creatnet Education (CE). In this Initiative, P-800, a core group of facilitators isdeveloped which aids the coverage of 800 schools in groups of 12-15 Head of Schools along with CRCs and MT's fmm the designated dusters. The program builds the capacity from within the system by developing the next set of facilitators from within the participating principals so as to lead the next cohort of principals. The group of facilitators called a core group meets once a month to design, customize and adjust the program content to the speciflc needs of the group. This approachallowsthe pmgram toscaleandcaterto largernumberof schools yearon year bagis. In all, 60 Head of khopls were sent to IIM-Lucknow, 30 Head of Schools received international exposure for 12 Days at Cambridge Business School, United Kingdom and another 30 are scheduled to visit Cambridge Universwsoon followed by another 30 as Cohort- 3 in the month of February-March, 2016 with the 3rd Cohort of 30 HoS's to travel in the month of January-February, 2017. Under SSA it is being planned to organize 10 days Capacity Building Programme as per NOL-NUEPA programme design and train 60 SRG members, handpicked from the3zones of MCD(20 each) who will help in cowring the earmarked 800 schools of MCD. The outreach of this SLDP will be based out from the DIET'S catering at thezonal level. It is envisaged that all lOaO + Head of schools of DOE are sent for capacity building in the way of National Exposure to Premier Leadership Institutes llke IIM- Ahemdabad. 100 Head of Schools

January 2017

"Modern education is no1 prescribed requirements enough to create happ) 1 during the academic year individuals. In order h 2015-16 were awarded with realise the full potentiol b, PhD, MPhil, MA, 0.4 (Hons) our brains, education is v Degrees in various fields of importont. It makes a studies such as Economics, difference to humon D e v e l o p m e n t Education brings equali S t u d i e s f P r a c t i c e , But, exist ing m o d e t r Psychology, Women's & . education system is not Gender Studies, Business odequote to crwte happy Administration, Education, individuals, fomily, socidty E n v i r o n m e n t & a n d human i t y o n the Development, English, whole," Dalai Lama sdid H is to ry , Psychology, while speaking at the fikh Sociology, Mathematics, a n n u a l c o n v o c a t i o r Human Ecology, History, ceremony o f Ambed Hindi, Design, Film Studies, U n i v e r s i t v Delhi . L~teraw Art and Visual Art. December9. Performance Stud~es and Soc~al Sc~ences & Humanities. Further, "In order to have a heoltby body, you need a healthy mind. SO the 19 students were awarded post graduate drplomas in Early question arises, how db you have 0 healthy mind) Ex/st(ng Childhood tare & Education, Dwelopment Studies, Environment & edu~onsystemoloneisnotsu~cient.ltshouldincludeedu~tion Dwelopmentand~ublishing. aboutwam~-heartednerr.Ancientlndionknowledgeidentifiesand The University is presently running 7 undergraduate, explains different emotions, its muses ande~pcts," he said. 17 postgraduate, 2 PC diplomas, 5 MPhil and 9 PhD programmes Najeeb Jung, Lt Governor-of Delhi in his capacityasthe Chancellor (Total 40 Programmes) through its 9 Schools namely, Business, of the University pmided over the Conv(~ation ceremony and Public Policy & Social Entrepreneurship, Culture & Creative said, "In the last eight &rs, the university has done remarkably Expressions, Design, Development Studies, Education Studies, well and has made such memumble a ides and oroaress to Human Ecology, Human Studies, Liberal Studies and . - develop andmalntain~9rsbcloss infrostructure? Undergraduate Studies. The University has recently added 2 new

During the Convocation, 530 nudents who haw the Schools namely, School of Vocational Studies and School of Law, Governance & Citlzenshio. W

Decembers.

Prof. Yogesh Singh, Vice Chancellor of DTU, appealed to the students to not look outside for role models and be one themselves. He also asked the students not to do anything in their life which is against the interest of the nation. He also motivated the students to achieve the same by building competency and practidng punctualityalongwith discipline and integrity. Prof. H P Dlkshit, former vice chancellor of IGNOU and Director General, khoo l of Good Governance & Policy Analysi delivered the convocation address. He exhorted the students to work on their vision and innovation. He quoted the words of wisdom by Swami Vhnkanand, ''Take up one idea, makethat one idea your life, thinkofit,dream of I t and l i i on that idea...".

The Lieutenant Governor awarded overall toppers o f undergraduate and post graduate courses. In all, 4167 Degrees were awarded to B.Tech, M.Tech and MBA students of 2015 and

"Thewuntrynecds~e~~cwofbriphtstudcntstotakethewuntryto 2016 batches. 84 gold medals including Chancellor's Medal, Vice further heights. The nation trusts your dynamism," said Lt. Chancellor's Gold Medal were awarded t o students of Governor Najeeb Jung while addressing the students at the annual M.Tech/MBA/B.E/B.Tech(Part time). 28 Ph.D degrees were also cmwwtbn ceremony of Delhi Technological University (DTU) on awardedto thecandidates. ¤

IXHOLARS IN UNIFORM: ~ o ~ ~ e r s with awards I

'Promoting Digital Economy' by DTTE inassociation withSBI was conductedtotraln the Heads of Institutions and officials dealing with accounts at Delhi Secretariat on - December9. On the occssion, Sanjiv N. Sahai, Principal Secretary, Finance highlighted the beneflts of going online and also addressed the various concerns and issues being faced by the account functionaries and other heads of institutions while switching on to the cashless modes. Ms Punya Salila Srivastava, Secretary, Educatfon emphasized the need D go cashless by December 31,2016. Manoj Kumar, Director, DlTE briefed about the II educational Institutes. The participants were trained on the cashless modes of

transactions and how to put up the infrastructure in place along with their beneflts. The SBI workshop included moduleson overview of SBiePay, expertise in payment aggregation,features and b e n e ~ of SBlePay, SBiePaytechnology infrastructure. rn

PHD chamber of Commeke and Industry in association with Dlpty la l Judge Mai Skill Development Foundation (DUM SDF) has agreed to start two sectrons of Plastic Processing Operator (PPO) couneat HJ 8haba IT1 MayurVihar. In this regard, a MoU was signed by the DTTE Director Manoj Kumar, DUM-SDF Director Dev Bhushan Jain and PHD Chamber of Commerce & lndustry (PHDCCI) President Gopal Jiwarajka on December 22,2016. The course, DGT approved trade, wili deal with moulding addspray paintingon plastlccomponents. As per the agreement, the ITI will provide space and students and DUM will Impart specialized trainings and expertise in the area of plastic moulding. The DUM will provide equipment like lnjectron Moulding Machine, Moulds, Epoxy Flooring along with machinetools. Also, Pwill assist the passoutstudentsof PPO trade in placement at DUM and otherchannel Dartners. The IT1 will join hands +h DUM-SDF in every stage of designing and implementation L1lS don process of PPO trade. Eventually, astate-of- the-artfacllltywill come up insidethecampusat MayurViharfor lmpartingtraining related to PlasticMouldingand Spray painting on plasticc~mponents In the name of DUM SDF Center of Excellence (CoE). This is vet another endeavour of DTTE to emwwer lTls to keen Dace with the drastic technolow transformation hanwnina bv . . -, . . - . collaboktingwith theindustryto produce high1y;killedand industry readyworkforce. rn

IIIT - DELI1 M LAUNCB TWO ONIOOE B.TECB PRO6MMS - 7

lndraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi is going to launch two new &Tech programs from the next academic year i.e. 2017-18. The two innovative programs are BTech Program in Computer Science and Design and BTech program in ITand Social Science. The curriculum for both these programs wili cover the foundational aspects of the discipline as well as engineering skills for problem- solving. Blech Program in bmputerklenceand Design: With the internet pewadingall spheres of life, and most industries increasing their web presence and interactrvid with stakeholden and customers, the demand for good design thinking is increasing. With increasing focus on user experience, the impbrtance of interactron Design and Design Thinking is also increasing rapidly in IT based products and services. This istrue forthe large softwareservice provides also ascustomenare demanding better user experience and the programme has been accordinalv designed. Bled, proenm i n IT a n d u a l Wence: Social Sciences and Humanities were earlier considered studies primarily about humans and societies and their programswere generallyfar removed from technologyand sciences. Today, InformatlonTechnoiogy and Computing is playing an important role in many soual science subjects, and in some cases, like social media, technology, and social xlence aspects have merged. On many problems, Social Sciences are using computing techniques to further understanding of Social klences and Humanitiesand the progrpm will addresthe requirement. Speaking about the courses, Prof. Dheeraj Sanghi, Dean of Academics said, "We are excited to hunch these unique programs, which we hope willaliractstudemp'from Humanities as well. We are theprst insHhttfon in thecountry toprovIdesuch Innovotive courses. Both are &year courses; we hove40seots for eachprogram." The admission criteria/process will be announced through the admission brochure that will be released soon. rn

January 2017

CENTRE OF EXC D TTE Director and DlTE Chairman

Manoj Kumar alongwith Director DlTE Prof Mahand other officials visited Noida office of Mls SMC to start a Centre of Excellence at DITE. Mls SMC, a Japanese I company is a world leader in the field of Pneumaticsand Industrial automation. The idea behind the visit was to explore opportunit ies for col laboration i n imparting quality training and implement skill development initiatives through the tie-up.

a PROGRAM COUP'"' '"I' d

I [TI Shahdara had organized a motiva- onal / career counseling program on

. , :hology, counseling, public speaking, personality development, confidence

1 building and othertopicsfor IT1 trainees on December 20. The training was conducted by Vijayash Foundation. The idea behind the program was to develop interpersonal 1 . . communication skills and prepare the trainees for emerging job market challenges thereby making the trainees

i competitive, self-reliant and resourceful. . SPECIAL HONOUR FO" '-TE

T h e D e ~ a r t m e n t o f Training and 1 I ~echnical Education was accoried a

special honour by Rajya b in ik Board, Delhi for making generous donation to the 'Delhi State Armed Forces Flag Day Fund' on Armed Forces Flag Day observed across lndia every year on December 7. Ms Punya

. -~ - . - Salila Srivastava, Secretary, Education, Govt

of NCT of Delhi received the 'Shield of Honour ' on beha l f o f DTTE. The contribution will help Rajya Sainik Board Delhi t o undertake the welfare and rehabilitation schemesforthe Ex-servicemen and theirfamilies.

I DIGITAL INDIA AWARD FOR IIIT-D earn Airpure under the flagship of AirZen ~ncubated a t lndraprastha Institute of Tr

Information Technology Delhi) won the Best lnnovation for Digital lndia category award at the lnnovation Jockeys grand finale. lnnovation Jockeys, a competition organised by Accenture for college students across India, saw an enthusiastic response from over 800 colleges. There were 3600 entries, a 50% increase over last year. Varun Jain, lllrd year, CSE BTech and Abhishek Jain, lVth year CSE

BTech of lllTD were the co-founders of the awardwining innovation 'Airpure', aimed at tackling the growing air pollution. Airpure is a pollution surveillance system that not just monitors indoor and outdoor pollution levels, but also provides customised health risks and solutions ba&d on an individual's health, ageand gender.Thedevicecan be useful in providingresearch data on pollutionand helpgovernmentformulate policies tocontml air pollution. .

January 2017

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!d School, Sec-2, Dwarka (29-12-2016)

A nnual Day celebration5 were organized across several schools in Delhi, some in the form of cultural events and some in the

sports meet format. Participating in the Annual day function at Sa~odayaCo-edkhool, Rdhini, EducatlonMinisterManishSisodia said in Finland the topicof 'Taxation' istaughtthmugh role plays in the class room and then in the school assembly. This gives

' confidence among the participating students and helps the audience to easily understand and learn about taxation. He exhorted the teachers to replicate the role play concept.

Enthralled with the cultural performance of the students, the Minister appreciated the efforts of Vishal and Sunny as choreographers. Sunny lost his one hand in an accident during his childhood days but never gave up on his dancing interest. He choreographed the entire pmgrameforthe day. On the occasion, Vijendra Gupta, Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly appreciated the efforts of Manish Sisodia in the field of Education. School Principal Awadesh Jha welmmedtheguests and highlighted thexhoolacademicachievements.

...Eomdfmm Pg 1 students are also being provided. Pmfessional sports academies were engaged in PPP (Public Private Partnership) mode wherein sportsfaciliescan beshared byprivateandGovtschools. According to Shashi Bhushan, Principal of Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya at Mori Gate, one of the %government schools selected as a Pilot School, some of the best practices implemented in his school, include; Student Parliament being organized regularly to know the feedback of students, Thank You Box placed in the school to promote values and respect for each other, Teach-Meets being conducted by the teachers to share innovative teaching practices and Parents and Experts from d i i r e n t fields are invited in the school toguide students. The learning from the pilot schools have now been extended to all

P% principals have now become the facilitators for other schools sharing the information and best practices. The effort has yielded good results in more participation of students in the co-curricular activities at the zonal and district level. All efforts are leading towardsthequaliieducatlon for all.

the xhoolsin the form of some n (ant activity or the other. The - . . . . . . . -

January 2017 -

I I Patron - Mr Manish Sisodia, Education Minister, Delhi I I

kdltor-in-chief - Ms Punya k i l l s Srivastava, Secretary, Education, Delhi

Managing Director - Mr Manoj Kumar, Director, DlTE

Editorial Board - Ms Saumya Gupta, M r Shiv Kumar, Mr Rajkumar, Dr Suman Dhawan, Dr 5 L Bhandarkar

I'I Editor - Mr Manoj Vargheq Sub-editor - Mr Rohlt Kaui

I 'ntact l d d m . Delhi Knowledge Development Foundation, Muni Maya Ram Mar& Pitampura, Dehi-110088

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