PANAJI: The concept of super school complexes implemented in Goa in the early 2000s needs to be revived as it is in sync with the provisions of the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, chairman of the task force for NEP implementation in Goa, Subhash Shirodkar said. Under the super school complex, schools offering education at different levels in the neighbourhood are clubbed into one unit to share resources.
The teachers in the higher classes helped mentor those in teaching at the lower levels.
“Goa’s first super school complex, as per my information, was established in Shiroda higher secondary school. Following that, super school complexes were set up in many places across the state. We will have to revisit this concept so that there is a good blending of schools from nursery to the higher secondary school level,” Shirodkar told TOI.
He said that the task force’s singular focus will be to improve the delivery of education and not to dictate terms to schools.
“Our only aim will be to improve the delivery of education and to raise our students to international standards. We will have to introduce them to different sectors. For instance, very few from Goa may have gone into the field of astronomy. There are many sectors like these where Goans have not yet been able to make a mark in significant numbers,” Shirodkar said.