HRD Ministry sets up panel to sugget ways to make math easy

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New Delhi : Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry on April 11, 2018,  constituted a committee under the Chairmanship of Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama to suggest ways to make the maths subject easy. This was announced by the HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar after the Annual Meeting of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in New Delhi on April 11.

Briefing the mediapersons, Javadekar said that this decision was taken on the basis of National Assessment Survey to eliminate the fear of maths among the students. He said that eminent educationists and senior officials will be the part of this committee.

Javdekar said that in second significant decision, another committee will be set up under the chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana Kadiyam Srihari to suggest and strengthen the teachers’ in-service training. Eminent educationist and senior official will also be part of this committee. Both committees will submit their reports within three months. Education Ministers of six states and education secretaries of the states also attended the annual meeting of NCERT.

The HRD Minister was happy to announce that Government has received overwhelming response to reduce the burden of NCERT syllabus saying 15,000 suggestions had been received till date while Government is expecting more than 1 lakh responses by the end of this month.

Javadekar said that all the education Ministers have welcomed the decision of Central Government to formulate an Integrated Scheme on School Education by subsuming Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). He said that hostel facility under Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vikas (KGBV) Scheme has been extended up to Class XII from the earlier 6^th to 8^th Class.

He said that this year budget allocation for education has been increased by 20 % and government is committed to increase it 20 % every year. He said that Education Minister of States have also welcomed the new initiatives like Operation Digital Board and Integrated BEd course.

The Minister added that the Government will provide sports equipment worth  Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 to every school per year. He said that Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000 will be given to every school for the development of library. Composite Grant for the School has been increased from earlier Rs 14000 to Rs 50000 to Rs 25,000 to Rs 1,00,000. Girl student with special needs will be paid Rs 200 monthly stipend, according to a PIB release.