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
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