As a part of the Government of Gujarat’s initiative to ensure quality education of students in Government schools and to increase awareness for quality in the education community, the government carries out ‘Gunotsav’ a quality improvement programme in which students are assessed every year since 2009. Since 2011, EI has been involved in supporting the existing Gunotsav programme for 33,900 primary schools in Gujarat. The programme has also been extended to cover 20000 Secondary schools. For the project, EI develops questions and analyse the data for Gunotsav assessment by teachers (school self assessment) and by officers (officer carried out assessment). In addition, detailed diagnostic assessment of learning levels are carried out on a sample basis by trained evaluators 26 districts for classes 3, 5, 7 and 9, in order to gather scientifically validated learning achievement data. Research into student misconceptions are done through student interviews .Schools undergoing remedial program across the state are monitored by EI trainers on a sample basis to check their efficacy. A series of capacity building workshops for state and district personnel to develop latest skills in building and using student assessments, post analysis and dissemination workshops for teachers to understand the insights from the data and incorporate the information in classroom practices are part of the project.
