GNANA DHAARA Remedial Teaching in Summer Residential Programme for 5th, 9th Students – Guidelines : GNANA DHAARA Remedial Teaching in Summer Residential Programme to low performing students of 5th, 9th Students – Preparatory activities – Guidelines. RC.No.21/B/C&T/SCERT/2018 Dt: 20.03.2018 Sub: School Education – Learning Enhancement Programme for GNANA DHAARA Remedial Teaching -“GNANA DHAARA”, Summer Residential Remedial Teaching programme to low performing students of class 5 & 9 – Preparatory activities – Guidelines to District Educational Officers – Issued – Reg. GNANA DHAARA Remedial TeachingProgramme Subjects, Daily Time table, Programme Conducting Instructions to DEO, MEO and Had masters.

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GNANA DHAARA-Summer Residential Remedial Teaching programme to low performing students of class 5 & 9 – Preparatory activities – Guidelines

Recently conducted National Achievement Survey [NAS 2017] and Annual Status of Education Report [ASER 2017] surveys mirror the results from the recent Summative Assessment [SA-1] conducted in objective mode for Classes 8th and 9th. While NAS showed a declining trend in performance of AP students moving towards Upper Primary and Secondary Education, ASER revealed that barely 59% of the youth in Srikakulam district could do basic division. Further, analysis of the results of Class 9 students of SA1 revealed that 51%, 47% and 25% of the students secured D1 and D2 grades, in Maths, Science and English subjects respectively.

GNANA DHAARA Remedial Teaching in Summer Residential Programme for 5th, 9th Students – Guidelines

A comprehensive Remedial programme is proposed to be conducted to the identified low performing students in all grades under different managements. The remediation program called Gnana Dhaara will be conducted in 2 phases.

Gnana Dhaara will be conducted in 2 phases

Summer Residential Program and
Year long Learning Enhancement Program.

Gnana Dhaara remedial program aspects are as follows:

This program will focus on improving learning levels of students of all Govt. and government aided private schools. Support will be provided by way of workbooks, teaching guidelines to Private school managements too.
Subjects to be covered: English, Telugu, Mathematics and Science
Students from all classes [1-10] to be covered
– Teaching Learning material and Student-friendly workbooks will be designed and provided by School Education Department. Respective managements to use them for remedial coaching program.
– Subject teachers in schools will deliver remediation- training to all teachers through e-platforms to improve the delivery of remedial pedagogy

As a precursor to the Year-long remediation, Summer Residential Remedial (SRP) program will be implemented in the following manner:

GNANA DHAARA For whom:

Students entering classes 6 and 10 in AY 2018-19 will be considered, to help them bridge the transition from primary school to high school, and to give the Class 9 students confidence while going into Class 10 [SSC Board].

GNANA DHAARA Subjects:

Maths, Language and Science will be the focus subjects for Class 10, while Telugu, English, Science and Maths will be the focus for Class 6.

How to Conduct GNANA DHAARA :

Content will seek to impart foundational knowledge in all subjects so that the student is ready to absorb the lessons with full comprehension once school session starts. Activity based pedagogy will be employed by the teachers to better explain concepts to the students.

GNANA DHAARA Resources:

Volunteer teachers from School Education, Municipal, Social Welfare, Tribal Welfare and Model schools will be leveraged @ TPR of 1:40. B.Ed. and DIET Teacher students will be leveraged to be in-house teachers

GNANA DHAARA Pedagogy :

Student friendly workbooks will be designed for students to practice at home with interest and to improve their skills.

GNANA DHAARA Where :

Residential program involving Residential hostels of Social Welfare, Tribal Welfare, Minority Welfare, BC Welfare, APREIS, AP Model Schools, KGBVs and Girls Hostels will be utilized. In case of any shortage of residential campuses in any district, the campuses of Private Engineering colleges or Corporate Schools/ Intermediate colleges are also to be engaged post consultation.

GNANA DHAARA When :

From 1st to 31st May 2018

Training to teachers:

Teachers will be oriented through teleconferences shortly on their roles and classroom strategies, and online training for familiarization of the remedial content will be undertaken.

Coverage of students:

Based on SA-I results, around 2,30,000 class 9 students and 56,000 class 5 students are identified to participate in GNANA DHAARA summer residential programme.

Programme Extra Activities :

curricular activities are planned through local partners and organizations to provide holistic learning and development to child. Advance information and communication will be sent to SMCs and Parents.

Weekly Assessments will be conducted to track student progress and impact.

Summer Residential remedial programme for students moving classes VI and X in 2018-19.

“Remedial education” is education designed to assist students to achieve expected competencies in core academic skills such as literacy and numeracy.

Subjects to be covered For GNANA DHAARA :

Mathematics : All fundamentals in Maths
Science : All Basic concepts in Physical Science and Biological Science
English : All Language (LSRW) components and communication skills

The Gnanadhara 2 (continuous remediation programme) will be delivered through the school year in 2 terms.

Who should undergo remediation?

Class V going to class VI and Class IX going to Class X Students who stood in D1 and D2 grades in Summative Assessment 1 (AY 2017-18) will undergo Gnanadhara 1 and 2.

Tentative numbers of students to be involved in the Gnanadhara 1 are 2.2 lakhs in all subjects together.

Gnanadhara (summer) material:

Teachers’ 30 days work plan grid
Concept cards for classroom transaction
Classroom worksheets
Homework books
Online contents (digital content, assessments, quiz programme etc)
Periodical test booklets
Students subject wise competency wise progress cards

GNANA DHAARA Programme Time table

Gnanadhara Monday to Saturday time-table: Time Activity

05.00 am to 06.00 am : Yoga/Physical Literacy
06.00 am to 07.00 am : Preparation time 07.00 am to 08.00 am Breakfast
08.00 am to 09.00 am : 1st period
09.00 am to 10.00 am : 2nd period 10.00 am to 10.15 am Snacks break
10.15 am to 11.15 am : 3rd period
11.15 am to 12.15 pm : 4th period
12.15 am to 1.15 pm : 5th period 01.15 pm to 02.00 pm Lunch
02.00 pm to 03.00 pm : Rest time
03.00 pm to 04.00 pm : Home work time 04.00 pm to 04.15 pm Snacks break
04.15 pm to 05.15 pm : Handwriting/drawing/craft/painting/computer lab/adolescent education by UNICEF/JRobotics/summer volunteer organizations
05.15 pm to 06.30 pm : Physical Literacy
06.30 pm to 07.30 pm : Common assembly–short movies/films etc 07.30 pm to 08.30 pm Dinner
08.30 pm to 09.30 : Cultural programmes (optional)
09.30 : Bed time

Gnanadhara Sunday time table: Time Activity

06.00 am to 07.00 am : Yoga/Physical Literacy 07.00 am to 08.00 am Breakfast
08.00 am to 08.45 am : Week end test 1 (Maths)
09.00 am to 09.45 am : Week end test 2 (English) 09.45 am to 10.00 am Snacks break
10.00 am to 10.45 am : Week end test 3 (Science)
11.00 am to 01.00 pm : Indoor games
01.00 pm to 02.00 pm : Lunch
02.00 pm to 05.00 pm : Rest time
05.00 pm to 07.30 pm : Movie in common hall 07.30 pm to 09.00 pm Dinner
09.00 : Bed time
Administration and monitoring guidelines :

District level monitoring teams are to be constituted to oversee and manage the programme implementation. The team should be constituted with the following members.

District Educational Officer
Dy.E.O
PO SSA
AMO SSA
CMO SSA
MEOs
H.Ms/Principals of APSWREIS/APMS/KGBVs
SMC members/parents from the SRP camp

The monitoring team members should visit the Gnanadhara (Remedial training campus) everyday and stay there for the whole day. They have to monitor the programme as per the guidelines given and ensure the effective delivery of the instruction. They also should visit hostels and see the arrangements and try to resolve any quality or other issues. If the matter is serious they should bring it to the notice of the higher officials and help for the smooth conduct of the trainings.

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