[Core] letter for Karnataka Edu Dept (High Schools)

[Sriranjani Ranganathan]

Dear Guru

Thank you for sharing this - I think it is important that we bring this up..

A few thoughts/ suggestions - do see what may be useful / meaningful to
incorporate given the context.
1.  Would it be better to separate the issues and make different letters or
notes?
2.  I would suggest  that we do not use the phrase "children have
regressed".  It may be simpler to say that class 8 children have come into
school after a gap of ....; they were in class 6 when schools closed. And
the skills that children did not acquire/ did not have an opportunity to
reinforce/ practice would be reduced and we must make the effort to meet
this gap.  We could even use NAS results if available to show what the
learning levels were, pre-lockdown.
3. Would it be possible to use this opportunity to explain this learning
gap... (Learning gap - i prefer this to the word loss, if possible - needs
to be broken down into atleast 3 parts - the levels students had not
attained even earlier, the skills they have forgotten due to not using them
and what they had no opportunity to learn).
4.  We do not need to assess children to start teaching them, would be my
suggestion.  The teacher needs flexibility in interpreting the content to
be taught - and creating learning paths to address students at multiple
levels....I feel the letter need not suggest assessments... Atomizing to
specific competencies to "meet" high school syllabus, etc. could lead to
solutions like apps and such...
5.  You could perhaps also suggest that resources that are at multiple
levels need to be accessible to teachers for them to interpret content
meaningfully...

Some of these have been argued and presented in the guidelines presented to
DSERT already...

Regards
Ranjani



On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 8:32 PM Guru <Guru at itforchange.net> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> While Karnataka LPS teachers  have been asked to focus on foundational
> language and maths teaching using a socio-emotional development approach
> (and avoid textbook teaching for the present), High School teachers are
> receiving monthly syllabus prescriptions. Though High School teachers
> also admit  that their students are not ready for grade level textbooks.
>
> We are planning to meet the Commissioner to discuss this matter tomorrow
> afternoon. Pl share your comments on the draft letter attached at your
> earliest.
>
> regards,
> Guru
>
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