Creating a Novel Multi Platform Technology Based System for School Quality Assessment

Abstract

Education in the recent years has received a lot of attention both from the academicians as well as the policy makers. Specifically in India a lot of new initiatives have been implemented but unfortunately the results have not been very encouraging. This has necessitated the presence of some sort of quality assessment system at the grass-root level. In this paper we have looked at one such recent initiative by the Karnataka State Government. We have further critically analyzed the working of this organization comparing it with the similar initiatives in the developed countries. Finally we have proposed a novel technology based assessment system which integrates different information flows into an overarching central information reservoir or information system. The ultimate motive is to mitigate the inefficiencies and deficiencies of the existing system and in the process create a system which ensures learning and development of students – the oft forgotten primary beneficiaries.