PM SHRI SCHOOLS

Pm ShriSchools are envisioned to be schools of excellence that meet the demands of the 21st century. These Schools will be qualitatively strengthened to showcase the various aspects of the National Education Policy, 2020 and to emerge as an exemplar Schools in their regions, which will further mentor surrounding schools to uphold the quality standards of the PM SHRI Schools. This guiding frame work has been developed to assist school authorities to transform and enhance their schools to the quality standards that are assured by the PM SHRI Schools.

 Ministry of Education continues to build an education system for the future, it is critical that the school ecosystem is resilient in the face of increasingly unpredictable, dynamic and non-linear world. The PM SHRI Schools are being designed to achieve that. These schools will help showcase the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 and emerge as Schools of Excellence. They will provide leadership in their respective regions in providing high quality education in an equitable, inclusive and joyful school environment that takes care of the diverse background, multi lingual needs, and different academic abilities of children and makes them active participants in their learning process.

Schools are incentivized to yield results and perform better through a funding mechanism that is tracked through quality parameters. A decentralized administration strategy will be followed to ensure that effective implementation of the scheme. The system of transparency and accountability will be created for the effective delivery of performance at school level. These schools will focus on not only enhancing cognitive development but also creating holistic and well-rounded individuals equipped with key 21st century skills.

 The pedagogy adopted in these schools will be more experiential, holistic, integrated, play/toy based (particularly in the foundational years), inquirydriven, discovery-oriented, learner-centered, discussion based, flexible and enjoyable. The focus will be on the learning outcomes of every child in every grid.

Assessment at all levels will be based on conceptual understanding and application of knowledge to real life situations and will be competency based. The dignity of the school as an institution would be restored, and important dates, such as the school’s foundation day, will be celebrated along with the community and the list of important alumni may be displayed and honoured. Furthermore the un-utilized capacity of school infrastructure would be used to promote social, intellectual, and volunteer activities for the community and to promote social cohesions during non-teaching/schooling hours.

Suitable facilitating systems shall be put in place to achieve universal participation in school by carefully tracking students, as well as their learning levels, to ensure that they are enrolled in an attending school and have suitable opportunities to catch up and re-enter school in case they have fallen behind or dropped out.

The PM SHRI School should act as a network of model schools that will demonstrate excellence and act as belief, practices and knowledge centres for the entire learning eco system. PM SHRI Schools may be invite other schools in the same cluster or block to visit these schools of excellence to facilitate knowledge sharing and school improvement conversations.