CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi addressing a session at the Principals Council of the CBSE Affiliated Schools in the Gulf
A senior Indian education official has advised the Indian schools in the Gulf region to consider setting up a regional centre where all issues concerning formative assessments of students could be settled.
Vineet Joshi, chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) gave the advice during the Principals’ Council meeting of the CBSE-affiliated schools in the Gulf region at Holiday Villa Hotel.
Referring to stress faced by teachers over completing syllabus or class projects on time, Joshi advised them not to worry too much about completing the syllabus.
“There is a tendency among the principals to issue directives only when it is coming from the CBSE,” he said.
The chairman also promised to look into the possibility of setting up a hotline where Gulf principals could soon get connected to the CBSE headquarters for solving complicated issues.
Senior educator and CEO of Indian High School Dubai, Ashok Kumar, spoke on the “computer in the class rooms - opportunity and challenge.”
“Students these days are an increasing source of information as they are better equipped than others in the use of software knowledge,” said Kumar.
He also highlighted the increasing necessity of motivating teachers by providing increasing access to software resources.
In another session, the principal of Emirates English Speaking School Dubai, S S U Tabrez, stressed on the importance of “promoting international values in national curriculum schools.”
“There was a time when a guru was the instructor as well as facilitator and the objective then was to impart what we had. Now students complain about being depressed and in trauma. Schools are not market driven but market dragged; market driven,” he said. While highlighting the necessity of respecting the contribution of all members of the community, the speaker said it was a collective responsibility to contribute in shaping a child to achieve the best.
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