खंड 2 No. 2 (2021)
ARTICLES

Initiatives of DIET Gangtok, Sikkim in Capacity Building of Teachers and Education Functionaries in Alignment with Learning Outcomes and NAS Report

Tshering Wangdi Bhutia
DIET, Gangtok, Sikkim

प्रकाशित 2025-03-12

संकेत शब्द

सार

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been 
periodically conducting National Achievement Surveys (NAS) for Class III, V, and VIII since 
2001 with the objective of monitoring the improvement in children's learning levels and 
periodic assessment of the government education system as a whole. The NCF-2005 and the 
spirit of RTE Act-2009 have also emphasized on the assessment as it benefits the children, 
teacher and other stakeholders in fostering better performances leading to learning 
achievement of the children. The large-scale assessments like NAS may be used to identify the 
lacunas in the teaching-learning processes and also be used for improving the quality of 
teaching and learning processes through various interventions. DIETs, Gangtok- Sikkim on 
its own initiatives have tried to study the NAS reports of the state and the learning 
achievement levels.  This paper is an attempt to study the NAS report and Learning Outcome 
inclusive programmes and activities designed by DIET, Gangtok. The programmes include 
training and workshops (both pre-service and in-service), capacity building of elementary 
teachers, onsite support to schools on learning outcomes, mapping of innovative pedagogical 
practices and research. The paper is about how DIET, Gangtok has initiated the study on the 
inclusion of Learning outcomes in the programmes and activities of the institution. This 
process of initiation would benefit the children's learning achievement.  The paper also talks 
about the study on NAS report and its utilization in onsite support to schools on learning 
outcomes. The paper has two sections. The first section gives an insight into Sikkim schools 
NAS Report, 2017. The second section highlights the Planning and Designing of programmes 
and activities of DIET.