India has recently rejoined Programme of International Students Assessment (PISA). In what ways this will be useful for shaping India’s education policy. (200 Words)
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IAS Parliament 6 years
KEY POINTS
· As per UNESCO data, India has one of the lowest public expenditure rates on education per student—it spends $264 per student per year compared to $1,800 spent by China.
· PISA assesses the quality of education systems across the world by evaluating students in science, mathematics, reading, collaborative problem solving and money literacy.
· The ASER 2018 report also highlights falling reading and arithmetic learning levels among the secondary school-goers.
· The PISA in 2021 will be administered across all schools in Chandigarh and all Navodaya Vidyalayas and Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country.
· PISA is a competency based assessment which measures the extent to which students have acquired key competencies that are essential for full participation in modern societies. It would lead to recognition and acceptability of Indian students and prepare them for the global economy in the 21st century.
· Learnings from participation in PISA will help to introduce competency based examination reforms in the school system and help move away from rote learning. The CBSE and NCERT will be part of the process and activities leading to the actual test.
· Test items are adapted to the local context and language, pilot tested and validated before being used for the test. So this will provide adaptability and flexibility to India context and will be helpful to assess the quality of education in the country.
· Participation in PISA will provide input to the teachers, academicians, policy makers for designing the comprehensive curriculum on education.
· Effeciency of implementing Right to education act 2009 can be analysed holistically with the help of PISA programme.
· The participation in PISA 2021 would indicate the health of the education system and would motivate other schools /states in the subsequent cycles. This will lead to improvement in the learning levels of the children and enhance the quality of education in the country.
Sandeep 6 years
Kindly review
IAS Parliament 6 years
Good
answer. Try mentioning about ASER report beforehand, then start with impacts of
PISA programme. Keep Writing
Nandadeep 6 years
Kindly review.thanks
IAS Parliament 6 years
Good
answer. Keep Writing.
