Dr. Uttam Das
Volume-XII, Issue-I, October 2023
Volume-XII, Issue-I, October 2023 | ||
Published Online: 31.10.2023 | Page No: 232-238 | |||
Gunotsav: A Great Initiative for Qualitative Improvement of Primary and
Secondary Education in Assam
Dr. Uttam Das, Head, Department of
Political Science, Lumding College, Lumding, Assam. | |
Since independence, Indian government has adopted many policies and programmes for
qualitative improvement of educational system. Right to education was an important Act in
this direction. Right to Education Act, 2009 was passed for providing free and compulsory
education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years. Assam government was inspired
by the initiative of Gujarat government and adopted the strategy of Gunotsav for the first
time in 2017. Gunotsav is an evaluation process. Evaluation of schools is done by selfevaluation and external evaluation process. Self-evaluation and external evaluation are
conducted for assessment of performance of the children as well as schools. It is an
initiative of government of Assam focusing on assessment of learning outcomes of children
for identifying learning gaps and framing remedial measures for improvement of
educational system in the government schools of Assam. First gunotsav in Assam was held
in 2017, second in 2018, third in 2022, and fourth in 2023. In this paper an attempt is made
to examine the objectives of Gunotsav, criteria of school evaluation, role of external
evaluator and impact of Gunotsav. | |
Keywords: Education, Children, Quality, Primary, Secondary, Evaluation, Gunotsav |