Modern initiatives

Education sector in Jammu and Kashmir is undergoing lot of changes as modern tools are being introduced by the authorities.

Recently Chief Secretary, held a meeting of School Education Department (SED) to take stock of the projects taken up under different schemes and the modern technology based learning solutions for the students.

He impressed upon the department to make the learning outcomes/outputs measurable by using certain tools or techniques. He maintained that the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan has a vast scope to enhance teaching-learning process and the department should utilise its potential optimally to obtain the desired outcomes.

He advised for including many more subjects to enrich the content developed for Vidhya Samiksha Kendra (VSK) including the MCQs for assistance of the students. He also urged them to create contents/videos in vernacular languages for the understanding of most of the people.

He took this occasion to have live demonstration of several bots developed by the department for making the teaching process more effective and fruitful. He watched the use of bots like Smart Attendance for students, Study Buddy developed for deep learning and retention of lessons, JK Pariksha envisaged to help students to improve their weak areas, Parent Pulse bot for feedback of parents, JK Shikshak Sahayak bot for making  tailored lessons to meet specific needs of students.