Come Sept,primary school students to be graded daily

Starting September,the programme will help teachers identify weak students,who will be given extra attention after school hours.

Though the programme will primarily focus on subjects like Science,Mathematics and English,it will also look into other disciplines. “The process is simple. The children will be classified under five grades — A,B,C,D and E — with ‘A’ being the best and ‘E’ the poor. Every day,after classes are over,the teachers will cumulatively grade students and take note of the weak subjects,” said an official in the district education office,Lucknow.

The schools will maintain charts of the five grades — numbers and names of students under each grade will be marked. During the weekend,special classes will be held for the weaker students. In case the number of students in grades D and E is high for more than two subjects,the weekend classes may be turned into an extra period every day.

At present,the Primary Education department is preparing the module for the programme,following which,master trainers will be groomed. These master trainers will conduct workshops for principals and teachers. Workshops for module preparation are underway in Allahabad district.

Basic Shiksha Adhikari (Allahabad) Brijesh Mishra said: “While the module will be ready this month,the master trainer’s training will be complete by the second week of September. This will be followed by the training of principals and BTC teachers at the District Institute of Education and Training across the state. By October,the programme will start in schools.”

At the end of each month,the programme will be monitored at block and district levels. The districts will submit their reports to the state directorate quarterly.