The Sri Lankan delegation is visiting Haryana to explore the successful implementation of the Nipun Haryana Mission, which focuses on enhancing foundational literacy and numeracy among primary school students, with the goal of adapting these strategies for their own educational reforms.
The Sri Lankan government has expressed interest in the Nipun Haryana Mission, which focuses on providing primary school students with essential foundational skills.
To learn how Haryana has implemented Nipun, a national flagship program, an 18-member delegation from Sri Lanka's Ministry of Education will visit primary schools and engage in interactive sessions.
The delegation will be led by the Deputy Director General of the National Institute of Education, who oversees pedagogy for the country's entire education system.
According to government authorities, the Haryana School Education Department has developed a comprehensive strategy for the three-day visit, which will begin on Feb 11 in Gurugram.
On Feb 10, the delegation engaged in interactive sessions with various officials from the Union government in Delhi.
The delegation includes senior officials from UNICEF Sri Lanka, including the Chief of Education, education specialists, and education officers.
It also features the Director of Policy and Planning (Ministry of Education), the Director of the Department of Early Childhood Development and Primary Education at the Sri Lankan National Institute of Education, and Deputy and Assistant Directors of Primary Education.
The visit follows the Jan 28 release of the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER-2024) in New Delhi, which highlights Haryana's performance in foundational literacy and numeracy across Classes 3, 5, and 8, showing a notable recovery from the pandemic compared to national averages.
A national initiative, the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN), aims to ensure every child acquires the fundamentals of literacy and numeracy (FLN) by the end of Class 3.
NIPUN Bharat was introduced on July 5, 2021, as part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, with the goal of improving numeracy and literacy in Hindi and English.
On July 30, 2021, the Haryana government launched its own NIPUN Haryana Mission.
According to officials, Haryana has reaffirmed its commitment to building a strong educational foundation for future generations and is leading the way in implementing the NEP-2020 reforms. The state has also set a benchmark for foundational learning.
"The visit highlights Haryana's growing role as a knowledge hub for foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) reforms, offering valuable insights for other countries looking to implement similar initiatives," said Pankaj Agarwal, Principal Secretary (School Education) for Haryana.
“Through structured reforms under NEP 2020, Haryana has developed a model for FLN implementation, which is now serving as a reference point for international collaboration. We are looking forward to the visit of the Sri Lankan delegation,” Agarwal added.
The visit also includes senior representatives from UNICEF Sri Lanka, who will visit Balvatika and primary-grade classrooms in Gurugram on Feb 11 to examine Haryana's approach to foundational learning, according to Pramod Kumar, State program Officer of NIPUN.
The delegation will interact with school heads, mentors, teachers, and FLN coordinators.
They will observe FLN pedagogy in action in the classrooms and examine Teaching-Learning Materials (TLMs), including textbooks, workbooks, and pedagogy guides.
“The delegation will also explore digital tools used for student performance tracking and teacher mentoring. The delegation will visit SCERT Gurugram to gain insights into the teacher training program,” said Kumar, who will also brief the delegates on Haryana’s NIPUN program.
On Feb 12, senior representatives of the Panchkula School Education Department will meet with the delegation.
NIPUN Haryana's progress and implementation strategies, program planning, monitoring, and assessment methodologies will be presented to them.
On Feb 13, the delegation will work morning and evening shifts in Panchkula schools to evaluate governance models and the grassroots effects of NIPUN Haryana.
Classroom visits will include observing FLN instruction and teacher-student interaction.
The final session will conclude with discussions and reflections on the visit, following presentations on the digital interventions used to support student learning.
The goal of the visit is to promote the exchange of innovative ideas and best practices in the implementation of NEP-2020 and the NIPUN Haryana Mission, which focus on foundational literacy and numeracy.
The national NIPUN mission aims to ensure all children acquire essential skills by the end of Class 3.
Haryana has taken several steps to meet the objectives of the NIPUN Bharat Mission for numeracy and foundational literacy in both Hindi and English.
According to Kumar, NIPUN’s state program officer, "Haryana began several academic initiatives after launching the NIPUN Haryana mission to ensure that every child achieves grade-level competencies required for foundational literacy and numeracy, playing our part in making the NIPUN Bharat Mission a success."
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