A panel of eminent educationists participated in the two day workshop organized at Bhopal in September 2004 to review the concept of the Learning Guarantee Programme and provide inputs to enrich it to meet its fullest potential.

The invitees included the Government officers from Rajya Shiksha Kendra of Madhya Pradesh, education functionaries from the districts of Datia and Vidisha, NGO representatives and members of Azim Premji Foundation.

Eminent education experts such as Prof. Jalaluddin, Mr. Rohit Dhankar, Mr. S C Behar and others spoke about the role the Learning Guarantee Programme can play in curriculum, teaching - learning and assessment reforms.

Suggestions on refining the question papers of the Learning Guarantee Programme now designed to assess children on competencies instead of content (rote learning) were given. These suggestions are being incorporated in the Learning Guarantee Programme that is being launched in Madhya Pradesh.

As Prof. Jalaluddin put it, “the soul of the Learning Guarantee Programme is evaluation, it recognizes the creation of a constituency among the teachers and schools that are committed to reforms and change to create a different learning, and break the hold of rote learning.”

The long term vision of the programme is to take the assessment beyond the cognitive levels and assess schools on the holistic and all round development of the child as envisaged in the National Policy of Education.

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