Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday said rolling back the no-detention policy is a welcome move but we should reintroduce it after having a foolproof, systemic change in the education sector.
Speaking at the 56th General Council Meeting of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), the Deputy Chief Minister also suggested several reforms in the education sector in addition to congratulating the Union Government for rolling back the no-detention policy.
“I welcome the roll-back of the no-detention policy by the government but the approach is partial and as a nation, we must say that we will reintroduce it with full preparations. Let us prepare for 10 years to reintroduce it. Make the necessary changes in our curriculum, teaching systems, train our teachers and do things required to implement it properly. Make it a reverse project and set a deadline for both preparations and implementation,” he said.
Learning outcomes
Arguing that the government sets learning outcomes for the curriculum taught in schools like chapters or textbooks being introduced but, “unfortunately these learning outcomes...were based on examination outcomes.”
The Minister added that the teacher does not keep learning outcomes and rather the mind becomes “captive of the questions asked in last five years in the subject”.
There is a need to change the approach towards exams and teaching techniques, he said.
“We also need to revisit out NCERT textbooks. Everything changes with time. Today, the challenges are not the same, which were faced two decades ago. Then why not redesign and change our curriculum according to the need of the time. We must make changes to our NCERT books so that our future, our children are more equipped to excel in the world,” he said.
