Uttarakhand to link private to Vidya Samiksha Kendra CM Dhami

The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. Karnataka Today Your daily dose of news highlights from Karnataka First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami looks at a model during the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the hostel at Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Manduwala, in Dehradun on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) The Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami, said on Tuesday that private schools will also be linked to the Vidya Samiksha Kendra (VSK) to improve the school education system. VSK is a digital infrastructure ecosystem that tracks and analyses data about student enrolment, attendance, academic performance, and teacher training to help administrators monitor school education progress. Stating that Uttarakhand is the first state in the country to implement the Gujarat model of VSK, the Chief Minister said that about 16,000 schools have been linked to the initiative, and soon all the state’s private schools will also be linked to it. He said that 141 PM Shri schools and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Residential Schools are being constructed in the state, while virtual classrooms have also been arranged in 500 schools in all 13 districts. He said that NCERT books have been implemented in all government schools to ensure quality education. The state CM said that scholarships are being given to meritorious students of Class 6 to 12 of government and private schools of the state, while a scheme has been started to send meritorious students of Class 10 and 12 on India tour. He also said that the state government is paying special attention to sports in the state, and an initiative has been taken to provide government jobs to players who win medals at the national level. The CM made these announcements while speaking in a programme at Saraswati Vidya Mandir in Dehradun district's Manduwala village. education / school / NEP / Uttarakhand Terms & conditions  |  Institutional Subscriber Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.