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Strengthening Data Ecosystems in Indian Schools report released

Posted 11 Jun 2024

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It was released by Aapti Institute and Mozilla foundation with funding from United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

  • School education data include enrollment rates, student-teacher ratios, attendance, assessment results, etc.

Significance of school education data

  • Can be utilised for framing targeted policies and interventions.
  • Can lead to personalised learning and improved educational outcomes.
  • Will promote efficient allocation of resources.

Issues related to data backed education system in India

  • Lack of Integration among diverse data sets (E.g. distrust in the findings of surveys such as , National Achievement Survey and  Annual Status of Education Report)
  • Digital divide especially in rural and underprivileged regions, leading to data gaps 
  • Labour intensive nature of data collection.

Recommendations

  • Establishment of  a centralized data collection agency for the annual collection of educational data
  • Incentivize teachers undertaking data entry tasks through financial incentives.
  • Strengthening of infrastructure and capacity by effective budgeting and training of teachers.
  • Creation of school leaderboards based on effectiveness in utilization of collected data.

Elements central to data and technology in the Indian education ecosystem

  • The National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR) under National Education Policy 2020 aims to revolutionize the education system with a unified and interoperable digital infrastructure.
  • Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) manages school level data.
  • Anganwadi Centres through the POSHAN Tracker oversee data on children between the ages 3 to 6.

 

  • Tags :
  • Education
  • Data Backed Education
  • School Education Data
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