Ganitha-Ganaka Programme Rolled Out in All State Government Schools

Quick Summary:

• The State government is expanding the Ganitha-Ganaka program to all government schools for the academic year 2025-26.
• The initiative involves remote tutoring through phone calls by mathematics teachers to help students understand basic mathematical concepts after school hours.
• Approximately 13.51 lakh students in classes 3, 4, and 5 across 38,548 primary and higher primary government schools will benefit from this expansion.
• In the academic year 2024-25, about 6.99 lakh students in classes 3 to 5 from selected schools in ambitious taluks had participated in the programme,which showed positive results such as increased interest in learning mathematics.
• Implementation partners include samagra Shikshan Karnataka (SSK), DSERT, J-PAL South Asia, Alokit, and Youth impact.
• The Nali-Kali programme for younger children (classes 1 to 3) has been scrapped due to ineffectiveness reflected in ASER-Rural and NAS data over the past five years.
• As part of Ganitha-Ganaka implementation:

– About 75,000 mathematics teachers will be trained for remote tutoring via phone calls to assist children struggling with math concepts.
– All call charges are reimbursed; each teacher receives ₹800 monthly for call-related expenses under a total ₹6 crore grant.

Indian Opinion Analysis:

The expansion of the Ganitha-Ganaka programme reflects a data-driven approach aimed at remedying educational shortcomings within India’s rural public schooling system. By leveraging past assessments that flagged inefficiencies like those seen with Nali-Kali teaching methods as well as proven success indicators from its earlier phase (2024-25),this initiative seeks systematic improvement through targeted intervention.

Given india’s challenges concerning foundational education gaps-particularly rural math literacy-remote teaching can prove an innovative medium when paired with rigorous training and support mechanisms for educators. Though, scaling such initiatives across over three million students demands strong execution oversight by multi-agency collaborators like SSK & J-PAL South Asia.

Additionally allocating detailed budgets covering practical expenses shows forward-thinking encouraging equitable participation’during rollout scalably impacting inclusivity… Data integrity longstanding factors..

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