By IANS,
Chandigarh: Getting a reference or a pull alone will not help teachers in Haryana aspiring for awards meant for the teaching community. The state’s education department is now planning to hold screening tests for the selection of teachers for state and national awards.
A spokesman of the department said that the proposed screening test would comprise a written examination, classroom teaching evaluation and children’s learning outcome evaluation.
He said that the written exam, to be conducted by directorate of secondary education, in general knowledge and the teaching subject would have 200 marks. Minimum cut-off would be 75 per cent marks in both subjects.
Classroom teaching evaluation would be done by the expert committee of the directorate of education. Children’s learning outcome evaluation would be done by directorate officials directly or through a third party.
“The children’s learning outcome evaluation would be done only for those teachers who qualify written exam and classroom teaching evaluation. It was expected that all the children in the classes taught by the applicant teacher should score more than 60 per cent marks,” he added.
He said that all teaching personnel could apply online on the departmental website for appearing in the screening test.