Dimapur, June 18 (EMN): In what could bring about a positive impact on the learning outcome, the Nagaland Education Project – The Lighthouse has announced ‘Performance Incentive Grants (PIG)’ under Nagaland Enhancing Classroom Teaching and Resources (NECTAR) programme, to all the government schools in the state, in order to strengthen community involvement in education reform. An update from Thavaseelan K, Project Director of Nagaland Education Project – The Lighthouse (NECTAR), informed that the School Management Committees (SMCs) and School Management and Development Committees (SMDCs) of all 1953 government schools in the state can avail the grant as part of governance and capacity building component of the project which is funded by the World Bank. While informing that the grants will be made available to all the government schools in the state in three batches over a two year period, the update said building capacity, enhancing participation and promoting com
Dimapur, June 3 (EMN): Following the demand to abolish the post of principal director of School Education by the Rising People’s Party (RPP) over the poor performance of government schools in this year’s High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination, the department has issued a clarification on the decline in pass percentage and other issues. Government schools recorded 36.62% pass percentage in the HSLC examination 2022, down from 44.86% in 2021 and the lowest in six years, while 33 schools recorded nil result. While accepting the poor performance of government schools in the HSLC exam, the School Education department stated in a press release that the overall decrease in pass percentage in the state, including private schools due to the pandemic-related issues, as the 2022 batch suffered considerable amount of learning loss when they were in Class 9 in 2020, and then in 2021. It also said the acute shortage of Mathematics and Science teachers could not be addressed despite t