Second phase of Gunotsav from Oct 31

• The three-day second phase of Gunotsav will be held in Hailakandi district from October 31 next. Altogether 1359 primary, upper primary and secondary schools will be covered in this phase. Altogether 84,891 students of class II to IX will be covered during the evaluation.
• The preparation for holding the annual evaluation process is on full swing in the district.
• Gunotsav is a quality enhancement initiative of the State for bringing about improvement in learning levels of students at elementary level.
• It can be mentioned here that the first phase of Gunotsav was held in April last year in Hailakandi district and was placed seventh in the state-level evaluation. Gunotsav was held in 1519 schools and 66,377 students were covered.

About Gunotsav:

• Gunotsav is a quality enhancement initiative of the State for bringing about improvement in learning levels of students at Elementary level. Hon’ble Minister, Education, Assam has already announced the implementation of the programme in his budget speech.
• It aims to evaluate schools and students of schools in order to assess their performance and design strategies to bring about quality improvement in levels of learning as well as in the school environment.
• Assessment will be done on four core areas viz Academic achievement of children of Class-2 to 8 , Co-scholastic activities, Availability and Utilization of School Infrastructure and other facilities and Community Participation.

By: Ziyaur Rahman