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Program for Curriculum and DPEP To be Develop terms of reference for program October 1, 1994 Revised curricula in 6 states
Textbook Renewal established to: Bureau determined
o document R&D experience with Prepare short list of qualified institutions October 1, 1994 New textbooks, workbooks,
MLL for curriculum and teacher guides in use in all
textbook development Invite proposals October 15, 1994 schools in 23 districts;
o establish criteria for review of teachers prepared through in-
curricula and textbooks Evaluate proposals December 1, 1994 service training
o develop an MLL curriculum
design with provisions for Select Institution December 15, 1994
children with special needs (ST, Each state textbook writing
first generation learners, Enter into agreement January 13, 1995 process includes:
disabled)
o develop and test prototype Consultants start work February 6, 1995 o Teachers as textbooks
textbooks, workbooks and writers
teacher guides o Field trials of textbooks
o build capacity for curriculum followed by
and textbook renewal in states revisions
Evaluation studies will show
an increase of 25 percent in
word knowledge, reading
comprehension and
mathematics achievement in
the final year of primary
school.
1.9 Program of Special Emphasis DPEP To be Develop terms of reference for program October 1, 1994 Increase in the number of
for ST Education established Bureau determined tribal languages in which
Prepare short list of qualified institutions October 1, 1994 primary instructional
materials available
Invite proposals October 15, 1994
Increase in the number of ST
Evaluate proposals December 1, 1994 persons in training as
teachers
Select Institution December 15, 1994
Availability of evaluations
Enter into agreement January 13, 1995 and documentation of
effective intervention
Consultants start work February 6, 1995 strategies for ST learners
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Table 2: State Components: First Yew Work Programs
Assamm
Nodal Implement. Target Completion
Objectives Agency Agency Work Program 1994-95 Dates End of Project
Status
State Implementation Society fully state APSAP Appointment of Staff June, 1994 Average 90 percent of annual
functional Education physical targets and
Department Workshop to plan for convergence of July, 1994 expenditures across state
Assam Prathamik Shiksha services for girls, SC/ST activities and districts
Achani Parishad (APSAP)
Procurement of equipment and vehicles August, 1994 Supervise each district, four
times annually
Complete state-wide awareness campaign September. 1994
Submit disbursement requests
Complete supervision visits to districts November, 1994 quarterly from second year of
project
Submit disbursement requests November, 1994
March. 1994
Submit Annual Reports and Work Plan December. 1994 100 percent on time
and Budget
Complete supervision missions to districts February, May 1995
State School Statistics MIS APSAP State Appoint staff (5) July. 1994 [By end project year II
established Department MIS facilities established and equipped August, 1994 [By end project year II
of Education Software platform adopted and installed November, 1994
Cooperating National Program: (From NIEPA)
o DPEP Bureau
o TA in Educational Plannings Training for state MIS staff (NIEPA) November, By end of project, initial and
and Management 1994 refresher:
6 administrators
Training of district staff January. 1995 6 programmers and
operators
Training of headteachers February, 1995 3 systems analysts/training
officers
First round dam collection from schools April, 1995
Data entry at district level May, 1995
First trial report issued June, 1995 Quartely reports
100 percent conformity with
GOI requirements
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Strengthen Assam State Textbook APSAP ASTPPC Appointment of staff August, 1994 ASTPPC role shifted towards
Production and publication quality control and
Corporation (ASTPPC) Staff Development November, 1994 monitoring [project year 1]
Room for DTP unit constructed December, 1994 Construction of DTP room
Cooperating National Programs: Procurement of DTP equipment complete
* Program for Instructional completed
Material and Textbook Renewal
* RSCE Adaptation and translation of national August, 1994 10 professionals plus support
MAP MLL completed staff appointed and trained
Workshop to develop prototype MILL September, 1994 Textbook trialling introduced
curriculum Training completed for
curriculum developers,
Translation and printing of prototype December, 1994 authors, editors, illustrators,
MLL curriculum in all languages of evaluators, designers and
instruction completed production and distribution
staff
Orientation workshop for textbooks January, 1995
writers
New MLL textbooks in me
Preparation of draft MLL textbook scripts June, 1995 in all project districts
complete
New Student Workbooks and
Teacher Guides in use in all
schools in project districts
Strengthen State Council for APSAP SCERT Appointment of staff for textbook August, 1994 10 professionals appointed to
Educational Research and development and INSET (2 readers, 7 Primary Curriculum, In-
Training (SCERT) to: lecturers) service Training and
o Improve primary pre-service Research and Evaluation
teacher training Participation in TRG Workshop on November, 1994 Wings. Staff trained by
o Adapt NCERT prototype Training Material Design NCERT
training resource materials for use
at state, district and Adaptation/translation/field testing of March, 1995
school/community level NCERT prototype INSET materials
o Train master trainers completed
o Conduct Research Studies
o Support ECCE Programs First master trainer program completed April, 1995 30 trained and working
(25 participants)
Cooperating National Program:
Trainers in DIETS/TTIs trained (50 June, 1995
o RSCE persons)
o MAP
o Training Resource Group Development and testing of Training April, 1995 -
o Program Evaluation Research Package for Teachers continuing
and Studies
Development and Testing of Training April, 1995 -
materials for sandwich course for continuing
qualifying teachers
Procurement of computers and library August, 1994
books completed
Appointment of staff to ECE unit (2 August, 1994
lecturers)
Development and testing of ECE December, 1994
instructor training materials completed
Development and testing of ECE teachers February, 1994
handbook completed
Facilities expansion at Dibrugarh TTI June, 1995 Building repairs and
completed renovations completed
Participation in NCERT Research February, 1995 4 evaluation studies of DPEP
Orientation Course activities completed