Schools need to let down their ego and be
willing to share their resources, collaborate and empower education. This was
stated by officials from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in a
training session organised at Golden International School on Thursday.
The training session was attended by all
the principals and heads of CBSE affiliated schools in the district.
“With the stated aim of facilitating overall
mutual growth and enhancement in the education standards amongst all schools
affiliated with the Board, all CBSE schools are mandatorily going to be
organised into clusters of four to six with neighbouring schools from this
academic session known as ‘Hubs of Learning’,” Dr Biswajit Saha, CBSE Director
(Skill Education & Training) said.
One school from each hub has been nominated
by the board as ‘Lead Collaborator School’ and will support the other schools
in implementing safety guidelines laid down by the board.
“The lead school has been selected based on
criteria like board results, pupil-teacher ratio and innovative practices, and
will change after a maximum period of two years,” Saha said. The board will
consider a group of schools and the community around them as a unit rather than
an individual school from this session onwards.
Local school principals welcomed the idea
and understood the importance of changing their present pattern of work to
collaborative.
What is the concept of collaborative
learning hub (CLH)?
“The concept will enable the teachers and
the students of one hub of learning to collaborate among themselves and build
the capacity, engage themselves in joint activities and facilitate the teachers
and the students to help each other in building the curriculum and the
preparing the exam papers for Class 1 to 8,” Dr. Sandeep Jain, CBSE Deputy
Secretary/Head (Skill Education & Training), said.
Put away ego, collaborate to educate
“Ego is the basic reason that schools are
not collaborating and competing instead, but the basic aim of a school is to
impart high quality education and empowering students,” Saha said. He explained
various ways in which, schools can collaborate and provide the best for all the
students.
“For example, one school in the hub has
artificial intelligence lab, it can be shared by other schools in the hub,
providing access to the subject for students in the hub,” Saha said. He
explained how even the best educators of schools can be shared in the hub.
“For instance, a school has good
mathematics teacher, she can be utilised to teach the subject or topic in other
schools under the hub,” Saha said.
Vocational education is the road ahead
“We need to understand that vocational
education is the future of our country like any other, sticking to traditional
subjects has already led to us a point where we have educated but unemployable
youth,” Saha said. He cited China’s education system.
“They have killed education, it is about
training and skills since last decade, which India is starting now,” Saha said.
He explained that the basic reason behind fast growing economies is
skill-powered country.
Tougher examinations coming, Beware
Saha warned schools of tougher board
examinations for Class X from this session. “There will be more higher order
questions, hence, it is must that schools collaborate and prepare students
accordingly,” he said.