The State government should not defer implementation of Samacheer Kalvi, educationists and organisations in support of Equitable Standard School Education said here on Tuesday.
Addressing presspersons, they said a team of experienced teachers and professionals had evolved the syllabus for Samacheer Kalvi.
While there were certain portions that were problematic, it was a largely democratic exercise, they said, urging the government to reconsider its decision to defer implementation.
“Constituting an experts' committee to look in to aspects of quality is a good thing. But the government need not have deferred implementation,” said P.B.Prince Gajendra Babu, General Secretary, State Platform for Common School System.
He also emphasised that Equitable Standard School Education was not only about a common syllabus. Several other factors such as the quality of teachers, infrastructure and availability of neighbourhood schools would have to be considered. Ensuring that the Right To Education Act is implemented would help address some of these concerns, he added. Academician K. Raju said quality was a complex issue. “Quality cannot be reduced to new syllabi, textbooks or examinations. Quality in education is to do with enabling a learner to think creatively and independently.”
Pointing to some Matriculation school heads' tendency to refer to the common syllabus as being “below standard”, the speakers observed that the Samacheer Kalvi syllabus was approved by experts' committees which had members of Matriculation schools as well. “If they found it alright then and approved it, how is it that they suddenly find it as being of low standard now?” asked A. Marx, academician.
Keywords: Samacheer Kalvi, textbooks wasted
"Quality in education is to do with enabling a learner to think creatively and independently". Yes I saw this in my son last year, who did samacheer VI std. Usually, he used to study the portions as it is given in the notebook. But last year I saw a change in the way he studied, he became independent in doing his work and also started answering lot of questions in science on his own. He said I found it interesting to study. Good if samacheer continues.
Children's studying in matric & cbse schools should earn better knowledge... poor children's should study poor syllabus... is this equality? The parents who are educating their children's in matric @ cbse schools should remember that they are the first educated person of their family might be from a village school... who studied even english during their PUC's. Please give way for the villages students to come up.
This refers to madam Rajalakshmi's statement " Today there is no forum to get the public opinion on this .." . www.samacheerkalvi.in is a site owned by State Platform for Common School System , a public body campaigning for the establishment of Common School system with neighbourhood schools. Any one is welcome to participate in the debate and contribute for strenghtening the demand for the CSS-NS
Naveenkumar - Please understand that for parents like this, this issue is a serious one - So we have been spending enough time to go thru the syllabus and books published in online - I compared with the lessons in my son's previous class and with the CBSE books .
PLEASE DON'T IMPLEMENT THE C.M'S PERSONAL ATTITUDES IN THIS MATTER. DON'T SPOIL THE SCHOOL CHILDREN FUTURE LIFE. IN SHORT PERIOD THEY CANNOT ISSUE THE AMPLE TEXT BOOKS THROUGHOUT TAMILNADU, AND WE CANNOT EXPECT THE QUALITY OD BOOK ALSO, SO PLEASE, ALLOW TO IMPLEMENT THE SAMACHEER KALVI SCHEME IN THIS ACEDEMIC YEAR.
Madam Rajlakshmi, pls understand that this is Jaya's govt. Whatever she does we need to accept. And for the benefit of her EGO we should give/accept the price whether it is 200 crores or 1000 crores. so no use for your polite comments. You ask Karunanidhi to support you on this. Then she will exactly do opposite to your view. Just because Karuna supporting that cause. This is the kind of Chief minister that TamilNadu got unfortunately and she will not change till the people change.
@Rajlakshmi: How did you define quality for std V ? Do you remember what you read in your std V. ? It is not the quantity of content that matters.
Rightly said " Quality in education is to do with enabling a learner to think creatively and independently ".
My mother is a school teacher for 26+ years and she has great confidence in the syllabi. Even if there are a few flaws in the standard it will be corrected immediately, because the entire state is studying it. The parents of a poor family may not understand the standard but the well educated will understand it and will ensure its credibility as their children’s education is depended on that. Samcheer kalvi will ensure a best education for both the kind. It’s an act of democracy that will ensure equal education to everyone. This is my humble request from the bottom of my heart - Please Please do not deny equality in the state. Provide equal and great education for the children – they truly deserve it.
Today there is no forum to get the public opinion on this - Can the Govt use the www.pallikalvi.in or www.samacheerkalvi.in sites to get the opinions of parents on this ?
I would suggest media also should contribute actively for this topic.
As a parent of children going to matriculation school, i had checked the syllabus and the books published in online ( std V) - I did find the quality of content of English , science and social studies books as an issue. Many of the parents and teachers expressed the same about the I & VI books published last year.May be many were not forthcoming to tell it openly. I would suggest the following -
1. Let the expert committee examine the new syllabus and the books in comparison to CBSE / ICSE syllabi and provide a public report. Pls get proper representation of parents, educationists, matriculation school teachers in this committee. 2. Get the opinion of parents and matriculation school teachers - Many of the parents object to the high fees collected by some of the matriculation schools but not to the standards. Please note not all the matriculation schools charge a high fee structure. 3. Printed books should not be wasted definitely - so after analysing properly, pls print supplementary books and start the uniform syllabus from next year.4. Please plan for infrastructure improvements, training of teachers, appointment of adequate teachers etc properly before the implementation next year.
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