NECTAR endeavours to improve quality education

Officials from School Education, SCERT, NBSE and Samagra Shiksha are seen during the workshop at ATI in Kohima on Tuesday.

• DIMAPUR — With an aim to improve quality education in Nagaland, the Nagaland Education Project – The Lighthouse NECTAR conducted a workshop on Tuesday at the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) in Kohima. The workshop was organised for knowledge sharing and coordination among all sister departments under the department of School Education and State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT).
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• In his welcome address, the principal director of School Education, Shashank Pratap Singh, informed that the workshop was conducted to improve education quality in Nagaland. He highlighted that ‘Strengthening governance and capacity building’ component under NECTAR was possibly the largest component in terms of stakeholder engagement across departments like School Education, NBSE, SCERT and Samagra Shiksha.
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• An update from project NECTAR stated that the component encompasses capacity building of teachers, school leaders and education managers, community strengthening in addressing governance and career management within the department.

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• Singh has urged stakeholders to actively engage, lead in discussions and focus on sustaining reforms and best practices under "Strengthening governance and capacity Building" initiative.
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• Delivering the keynote address, the commissioner and secretary of School Education and SCERT, Kevileno Angami, described the workshop as a privilege for all participants to discuss issues central to everyone’s heart. Highlighting that the meeting was long overdue, she emphasised the common objective of all departments in fostering holistic school development, nurturing children and providing quality education to prepare them for a rapidly changing global landscape.
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• Besides, the commissioner called upon the sister departments to complement and supplement each other in the works and prevent duplication and overlapping to achieve the common objective particularly on holistic development of children and quality education.
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• The workshop included an introduction to the NECTAR initiatives, an overview of the strengthening governance and capacity building component, group discussions on progress and sustainability, testimonials on programmes like the school leadership development programme (SLDP) and the school review and improvement programme (SRIP), review of career pathways, revision of SMC/ SMDC guidelines and exam reforms among others.
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• Report stated that officials from the department of School Education (DSE), State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE), Samagra Shiksha and NECTAR attended the workshop.