Meeting held to discuss constitution of robust State Board of Secondary Education in A.P.
Director of School Education V. Vijay Rama Raju presided over the meeting that deliberated on the recommendations of the national assessment centre PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) and the National Council of Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) and national level reforms in school education governance.
The meeting decided to constitute the Board with a robust mechanism to ensure its effective functioning, establish District Examination Boards, confer assessment and awarding body status under NCVET and recognise the Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh as the State School Standards Authority.
The meeting also approved significant reforms such as imposing punishments for any negligence in evaluation, constitution of an assessment cell in the Board and adopting a dual-authentication-based digital evaluation system.
The decisions are aimed at empowering the Board to function as a modern, autonomous and accountable institution dedicated to ensuring assessment integrity and quality standards in school education across the State.
The officials who attended the meeting included State Project Director of Samagra Shiksha B. Srinivasa Rao, Director of Government Examinations K.V. Srinivasulu Reddy, Director of State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) M.V. Krishna Reddy and Director of Andhra Pradesh Open Schools Society R. Narasimha Rao and others.
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