Kozhikode: On Wednesday i.e. April 7, 2010,a district level educational workshop is scheduled to be held in the city of Kerala. The Expert Committee on Education, appointed by the United Democratic Front (UDF) will be organizing the educational workshop.
As per sources, on Monday i.e. on April 5, the UDF District Convener M. Veerankuty and Member Secretary of the Expert Committee G.V. Hari addressed a press conference to announce the beginning of the workshop. The workshop will be inaugurated at 10 am by Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee President Ramesh Chennithala. In addition, it was also mentioned that such workshops will be conducted in each district by different teachers' associations owing adherence to the UDF.
The workshop is conducted with the purpose to discuss the problems faced by the State's school education sector and to come up with a policy framework through popular participation. This workshop is the first of the 14 district-level workshops planned by the committee after the state-level workshops in Trivandrum were successful.
Furthermore, it was announced that among the 14 topics, which will be discussed in the workshop will incorporate issues such as practical aspects of implementing the single window system for higher secondary admissions, issue-based curriculum, the Right to Education Act, role of teachers in enhancing quality of education, etc.
Also, the committee will not only conduct a study on the major problems face by the education sector in the State, but also incorporate the suggestions received during the district level workshop in the final recommendations to be prepared by the committee. A questionnaire comprising 30 questions has been prepared by the committee, which will be distributed to around 100 people during all workshops. This survey will help the committee in bringing out opinions of over 1400 people from across the state.
