The state will soon set up an ‘open school’ to help dropouts, children deprived of education finish their schooling.
If you could not complete your education or attend regular schooling at a young age, here’s an opportunity for you to clear your board exams.
The state government will soon set up an ‘open school’ along the lines of the Yashwantrao Chavan Open University and the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).
The school will offer unconventional job opportunities and also help in bringing children deprived of education into mainstream, making them self-sufficient.
A committee consisting of members of the state board will present a draft of the open schooling curriculum to education minister Rajendra Darda. “The open school, which will have centres across the state, will offer unconventional, job-oriented education. The children who have dropped out will be the focus of the open school, which will streamline them towards education,” said Ujwala Patil, chairperson of the board.
Unlike the state board, it will not make it mandatory for students to clear subjects such as history or science; instead, it will focus on vocational subjects, which will be job-oriented for trades like construction, plumbing, electrical and yoga, along with imparting formal education up to Std X.
The state government is also mulling over extending the system to cover Std XII. Patil added that like the NIOS, once a student is enrolled he can appear for the examinations at any time in five years.
Currently, students who are unable to continue with their education appear for the board exams as private candidates. These students have to study the mainstream curriculum which they find tough and hence many students fail such exams.
“If a student has dropped out of school in Std IV, he will find it tough to appear for the same subjects as the rest of the students,” she said.
Instead, this open schooling system will have a lenient and simple curriculum, where candidates will be allowed to appear for their Std X board exam with two languages and, along with the languages, they will be allowed to take up vocational subjects.
This system will also benefit the physically and mentally challenged students who currently have to appear for the exams through the NIOS.
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