Parliament panel wants exams back in schools
26 April 2013 7:38 AM IST
A parliamentary panel on Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry has objected to the provision of automatic promotion till class VIII under Right to Education (RTE) Act , asking the ministry to ‘rethink’ on the policy as students may not be motivated to work hard if promotion is guaranteed.
Raising concern over the quality of education under the RTE regime and the learning outcome, panel has asked the ministry to ensure ‘concerted efforts’ to achieve a minimum set of cognitive skills by students. The panel’s views on automatic upgrade comes in the wake of reservation expressed in various quarters, including by the academia and parents, and a sub-committee being set up under the Central Advisory Board of Education examining the issue.
The committee especially drew its attention to the findings of NCERT learning achievement survey to underline its concern. ‘The committee feels that a student may not be motivated to work hard to learn if he or she is aware that his or her promotion to the next grade is guaranteed,’ the standing committee on HRD said in its report tabled in Parliament on Thursday.
It said even teachers, parents, peer groups may not always make efforts to motivate the child to have quality education, thus denying the students an opportunity to learn through the process and be prepared with cognitive faculties to take on to higher grade examinations. ‘The committee would therefore like the ministry to rethink on its policy of automatic promotion up to class VIII,’ it said.
Raising concern over the quality of education under the RTE regime and the learning outcome, panel has asked the ministry to ensure ‘concerted efforts’ to achieve a minimum set of cognitive skills by students. The panel’s views on automatic upgrade comes in the wake of reservation expressed in various quarters, including by the academia and parents, and a sub-committee being set up under the Central Advisory Board of Education examining the issue.
The committee especially drew its attention to the findings of NCERT learning achievement survey to underline its concern. ‘The committee feels that a student may not be motivated to work hard to learn if he or she is aware that his or her promotion to the next grade is guaranteed,’ the standing committee on HRD said in its report tabled in Parliament on Thursday.
It said even teachers, parents, peer groups may not always make efforts to motivate the child to have quality education, thus denying the students an opportunity to learn through the process and be prepared with cognitive faculties to take on to higher grade examinations. ‘The committee would therefore like the ministry to rethink on its policy of automatic promotion up to class VIII,’ it said.
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