Delhi Education Department Has A Plan To Bridge Learning Gap In Students

The new academic session in Delhi government schools will be starting from April 1 and it would be the first time that students will be attending the new session physically after a series of coronavirus lockdowns in the past two years.

Delhi Directorate of Education (DoE) has chalked out a two-phase plan to bridge competency gaps due to COVID-19 in students of Classes 3 to 9 from the commencement of the new session next month. The new academic session in Delhi government schools will be starting from April 1 and it would be the first time that students will be attending the new session physically after a series of coronavirus lockdowns in the past two years, the DoE said in a statement.

Director Education Himanshu Gupta conducted a meeting with all Deputy Directors of Education (DDEs) and Head of Schools (HoSs) of Delhi government schools and directed them to exclusively focus on emotional well-being and foundational skills in the first quarter of session 2022-23 for students of Classes 3-9.

The DoE has prepared a two-phase action plan to bridge the competency gap among the students, according said the statement.

Explaining the rationale of the approach, Mr Gupta said the class-wise syllabus would be reduced to give opportunity to every child to not just rebuild their foundational competencies but also build conceptual clarity before taking up subject-wise topics.