MINUTES OF THE PAB MEETING OF RMSA PROJECT CELL HELD ON 3rd JANUARY 2013
The 1st Project Advisory board meeting of the RMSA was held in Room no 207, CIET, on 3rd January
2013. The Director, NCERT chaired the meeting. List of the members who attended the meeting is as
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Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Director
Chairperson
Mrs. Caralyln Deshmukh, Director, SE-I(RMSA), MHRD Member
Prof. Hukum Singh, Dean academic
Special Invitee
Prof. K.P Mohanan, IISER, Pune
Member
Dr. Anant Deshmukh, Pune
Special invitee
Dr. Dharam Prakash Nagori, SIERT, Udaipur
Special invitee
Prof. Daya Pant , Head, DEPFE
Member
Prof. Anita Julka, Head, DEGSN
Member
Prof. Gauri Shrivastva, Head, DWS
Member
Prof. S.K Yadav, Head, DTE
Member
Prof. Saroj Yadav, Head, DESS
Member
Prof. Chandra Sadayat, Head, DEL
Member
Prof. Yogesh Kumar, DEE
Member
Prof. V.D Bhatt, RIE, Mysore
Member
Prof. Mridula Saxena, PSSCIVE, Bhopal
Member
Prof. Sandhya Sahoo, RIE, Bhubaneswar
Member
Dr. R.B Pareek, RIE, Ajmer
Member
Dr. Pravin Kulshresthra, RIE, Bhopal
Member
Dr. Amarendra Behra, CIET
Member
Dr. P.D Subash,
Programme and Monitoring Division (PMD)
Representative of Head, PMD
Dr. R.K Maurya, Department of Education
in Science and Mathematics ( DESM)
Representative of Head, DESM
Dr. Sharbari Banerjee, Department of Education in
Arts and Aesthetics (DEAA)
Representative of Head DEA
Dr. Sharad Sinha, RMSA Project Cell
Member
Dr. Ranjana Arora, In-charge, RMSA Project Cell
Member
Prof. B.K. Tripathi, Joint Director, NCERT, Dr. Amitabh Debroy, Director, Tripura Board of Secondary
Education, Dr. Hasan Waris, Director, SCERT, Patna, Bihar and Dr. Flourtte Dkhar, NERIE, Shillong, could
not attend the meeting. However, Dr. Deb Roy has sent his view on Secondary Education (annexure-I).
At the outset, welcoming all the members to the first PAB meeting of RMSA Project Cell, the Director
informed the house about the context of setting up of RMSA Project Cell and its functions. She said that
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan is a centrally sponsored scheme which addresses the concerns
of secondary education in India. The Council has created this Cell to coordinate RMSA activities in
collaboration with all the constituent units of the Council. The NCERT has nominated nodal officers and
support group members in all the departments at the NIE, RIEs, PSSCIVE and CIET to work in a team with
RMSA Project Cell members.
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Dr. Ranjana Arora made a detailed presentation on activities undertaken by the RMSA Project Cell to
support Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan. She informed the house about the four major activities
approved by PAB, RMSA, MHRD undertaken by the NCERT, viz., Curriculum study, development of
subject specific support material and capacity building programmes for the secondary stage
teachers/key resource person and science and mathematics exhibition for the year 2012-13. She also
presented new programmes proposed for the year 2013-14
The following suggestions and action points emerged out of the discussions:1. New programme proposed by the RMSA Project Cell will be placed before PAB, MHRD for
approval and funding.
2. The NIE departments and other constituent units of the NCERT may propose programmes
discussed and approved by their DABs/IABs under RMSA.
3. Benefits of the IEDSS scheme are not visible at the secondary stage. In the twelfth five-year plan
the MHRD has proposed subsuming of this scheme alongwith a few other schemes with RMSA
for better and speedy implementation.
4. The In-service Teacher Professional Development Package developed in science and
mathematics by the DESM and RMSA Project Cell need to be simplified for the teachers.
5. Classroom Process study must be undertaken under RMSA on priority for developing quality
learning indicators at the secondary stage. Under DPEP classroom process studies were
conducted by the NCERT at the elementary stage.
6. Quality/Equity gap in school education specifically in rural areas has been increasing which
needs our serious attention. RMSA has provided for structure such as School Development
Management Committee (SDMC) to address issues related to equity and quality in schools
creating community awareness and mobilization.
7. RMSA Project Cell needs to be created in all the SCERTs/ SIERTs to ensure and extend their roles
in improving secondary education in the country.
8. Resource Institutions such as RIEs and PSSCIVE need to be strengthened under RMSA.
9. Evaluation Study conducted by the PSSCIVE to see the integration of work in science and
mathematics textbooks of the NCERT need to be shared with the faculty of the NCERT.
10. PSSCIVE needs to strengthen its role in the implementation of National Vocational Qualification
Framework (NVEQF) as per the perspectives of the NCF-2005 about the integration of work
across the subject areas. Skill training presently being piloted in schools in isolation with subjectspecific curriculum will not be helpful in realizing the objectives of NVEQF.
11. In Curriculum Study, experts, who were engaged with NCF-2005 need to be involved for
effective hand-holding of the curriculum developers.
12. The objective of teaching-learning of particular concept/theme needs to be clear to teachers
and students and accordingly related activities need to be developed both by teachers and
students together. This needs to be in-built in every training programme for teachers.
13. NCERT textbooks provide opportunity to students to consult plurality of material and visit
various curricular sites other than merely textbooks for better learning and creativity.
14. Dissemination of NCERT developed material needs to be ensured up to the grass root levels.
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15. Programmes for building the capacity of teacher educators in College of Teacher Education
(CTEs) and Institutes of Advanced Studies (IASEs) in Education need to be undertaken.
16. Training programmes needs to be designed based on the demands of secondary stage teachers.
17. List of resource person in secondary education should be posted on NCERT website. This will
work as a Resource Pool for various stakeholders.
18. Art Education and Health and Physical Education needs to be strengthened at the secondary
stage for broadening the scope of school education for exploiting varied career opportunities in
future.
19. A Google Discussion Group of RMSA Project Cell to be created to share activities, information
and essential material related to secondary stage of school education.
Specific Suggestions on the new proposals:
1. The programme on orientation of Heads of Secondary schools should specify that the
programmes are for Principals of the secondary schools. Moreover, given the enormity of
secondary schools in the country, only five programmes will not be sufficient. Either it
should be a pilot programme or through various ICT modes including teleconferencing, for
better reach to be ensured.
2. For the development of Quality Monitoring Tools (QMTs), recently developed Quality
Framework for the study of quality of school education in G-9 countries, of which the
Council is also a part, needs to be considered.
3. Quality in quality monitoring tools for secondary stage need to be clearly defined whether it
is in terms of examination or intended learning outcomes. The National Curriculum
Framework -2005 provides clear perspectives on quality in school education and emphasizes
that given the diversity in the country, learning outcomes cannot be standardized.
4. QMTs must provide adequate space to Children with Special Needs.
5. Proposal on QMT need to provide details about the nature of monitoring, it proposes to
undertake.
6. The title of the programme ‘National Meet on Assessment and Examination Practices at the
Secondary Stage’ need to be changed in to ‘Discussion Meet on Assessment and
Examination Practices at the Secondary Stage’
With these suggestions and also minor typographical corrections suggested by the members
following three programmes proposed by the RMSA Project Cell were approved by the members
to be placed in PAB, RMSA, and MHRD:
1. Development of Quality Monitoring Tools for the Secondary Stage of School Education
2. Orientation of heads of secondary schools on quality concerns in secondary education
3. Discussions meet on assessment and examination practices at the secondary stage.
The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the Chair.
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ANNEXURE I
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