The National Education Policy 2020 envisages the concept of School Complex Which of the following st...........

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The National Education Policy, 2020 envisages the concept of School Complex. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the concept of School Complex/Clusters?

1. School complexes will facilitate the sharing of resources and render school governance more local, effective and efficient

2. A School Complex will consist of one secondary school and all the public schools in its neighbourhood that offers primary education.

3. School Complexes will include anganwadis, vocational education facilities and an adult education centre.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1 and 2 only

2 and 3 only

1 and 3 only

All of the above

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Explanation:

All are correct

National Education Policy envisages the grouping of schools into school complexes to facilitate the sharing of resources and render school governance more local, effective and efficient. The concept of School Complex was first conceived by the Kothari Education Commission in 1964-66 but was left unimplemented. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
The establishment of primary schools in nearly every habitation in the country has increased the access to education but the development of small schools has made it operationally difficult to deploy teachers and critical physical resources in these schools. A School Complex will consist of one secondary school and all the public schools in its neighbourhood that offers primary education. It does not require physical relocation of small schools but their effective administrative integration to achieve sharing of key material – human resources and integrate education across all school levels, from early childhood education through grade 12, for all students in the local region. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
It will be up to the individual state governments to group schools into school complexes according to the population distribution, road connectivity and other local considerations but these complexes will also have Anganwadis, vocational education facilities and an adult education centre. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
The draft policy envisages each complex to be a semi-autonomous unit that will develop their own School Complex Development Plan and such complexes will be empowered to recruit social workers, health workers, counselors and local artists for holistic development of the children.