IMPLEMENTATION OF ACADEMIC CALENDAR AND PERFORMANCE IN GUNOTSAV BY THE TEA GARDEN LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN BISWANATH DISTRICT OF ASSAM

Abstract [English]

Most of the programs and schemes of the government are for enhancing the quality of school education. Year-round schooling calls for a balanced academic calendar which is popular among the schools. The present paper is an attempt to study the extent of implementation of Academic Calendar and performance in Gunotsav by the Tea Garden Lower Primary Schools. To execute the extent of quality of education being impacted by each of the elementary schools for which the Gunotsav has been implemented to assess. The aim of the present paper is to discuss about the implementation of the Academic Calendar and to reflect the performance in Gunotsav. Normative survey method has been followed for this study with 40 numbers of schools as sample and a questionnaire was used for data collection purpose. The study revealed that schools abide by the year-round school academic calendar. Most of the components mentioned in the academic calendar were followed by the schools with the exception of Art Education, Craft Education, Health & Sanitation and Value Education wherein variation was observed in some of the schools. With respect to Gunotsav it was found that majority 42.5% of the schools belonged to ‘A’ category and 27.5% belonged to ‘B’ category. In Behali block, 33.3%; in Biswanath block, 47%; and in Chaiduar block, 50% of the schools received ‘A’ grade.