Nipun Haryana: Gurgaon falls 2 spots in 1 month, ranks 9th

GURGAON: The city slipped back to the ninth position on the Nipun Haryana district dashboard in March, a month after climbing two places, with officials saying this decline may be because mentors for primary school teachers couldn't complete classroom observations.
The assistant block resource coordinators (ABRCs) could visit 55% of the 363 government-run primary schools located across 65 clusters of Gurgaon.
"Our ABRCs couldn't visit all their targeted schools in time because there were examinations going on at the time. We have achieved a better target despite falling in the ranking list," said Manoj Lakhra, district coordinator of the foundational literacy and numeric (FLN) programme.
Rolled out last year, the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (Nipun) Haryana Mission aims to improve foundational literacy in English and Hindi languages and mathematical skills for students of classes 1 to 3 in government run primary schools. These rankings are a monthly exercise as part of the Mission.
Topping the 22-district list is Charkhi Dadri with a performance score of 98%, followed by Rewari (97%), Faridabad (95%), Panipat (94%) and Palwal (93%).
At the bottom is Sonipat, at 78%, preceded by Panchkula (80%), Rohtak (81%), Jind (83%) and Hisar (83%).
Gurgaon slipped from the 7th spot despite improving its performance . The district had risen two ranks from January to February.
The districts are judged based on the percentage of target they achieve under six parameters: skill passbook assessment, weekly assessment, availability of print-rich environment, completion of Hindi workbook, mentors completing classroom observations and review meeting of the district programme implementation unit (DPIU).
Lakhra said on Tuesday that teachers in different clusters of Gurgaon held exhibitions this month to present their teachers' learning materials (TLMs) to improve their scorecard and create a positive learning environment.
The models were built by teachers with the help of students, he added.
"We were the first to start holding exhibitions. This gives us an idea what the teachers are presenting at schools. Also, the models made for the exhibition come handy in making the classrooms print-rich," he said.
Poonam, who teaches at the Government Primary School in Bashariya, built an ATM machine to demonstrate how to safely withdraw cash. ABRC of Bhangrola cluster Sonam Yadav told TOI, "Though FLN covers educating children in mathematics, Hindi and English languages, it is necessary that we focus on providing students with general awareness that would come in handy as they turn into young adults."