Details of Programmes and Activities conducted by SCERT & DIETs
SCERT conducted innovative teacher empowerment and resource pooling programmes to bring about academic excellence. The key highlighting academic interventions are curriculum reformation, convergence with universities, inclusive sports programmes, FDP, and Mikavulsavam.
Collaborative initiative between SCERT and Farooq Training College
Collaboration of educational institutions can improve the quality of their activities. Considering this idea, SCERT took the initiative to collaborate with higher education institutions and universities. As a part of this, SCERT and Farooq Training College have joined hands for a collaborative initiative to leverage the research projects conducted by Farooq Training College to benefit public education. In line with this partnership, a two-day workshop was conducted on the 10th and 11th of April, 2023, bringing together the Principal of Farooq Training College, various faculties, M. Ed students, faculty members from Malappuram DIET, members from various BRCs in Malappuram, school teachers, and SCERT faculty members. The workshop focused on addressing various academic challenges prevalent in Malappuram district, as presented by members from DIET and BRC. Building upon these insights, M.Ed students from Farooq Training College presented their research proposals. Throughout the presentations, faculty members from SCERT, Farooq Training College, and external experts actively intervened, providing timely insights and facilitating necessary improvements. The workshop resulted in the preparation of appropriate headings, and a draft outlining study objectives and methodology- this collaborative effort aimed to enhance educational research and contribute to the advancement of general education.
Kerala Curriculum Reformation
In alignment with the National Curriculum Framework (2020), the decision has been made to embark on comprehensive curriculum reforms across four key areas: preschool education, school education, teacher education, and adult education. The impetus behind these reforms stems from the recognition that the existing curriculum falls short in addressing the dynamic changes in technology, science, and education. Moreover, there is a need for the scientific integration of vocational education with the school curriculum. Acknowledging the imperative need for children to acquire knowledge about environmental protection and natural disaster management, the curriculum and textbooks are slated for an eco-friendly approach. Expert groups, focusing on 26 critical areas such as the vision of education, early childhood care and development, curriculum, and psychology, have finalized discussion notes. The main highlight of curriculum construction in Kerala is that it was framed after a very democratic way, compiling the suggestions and opinions of the different strata of people including parents, teachers, common public and even the children. For this public discussions were held compiling proposals from people including children were gathered through a tech platform which was systematically organized committees at school, block, panchayat, and district levels. These discussions and proposals played a pivotal role in shaping the framework. The syllabus grid has been constructed based on the new curriculum frameworks, developed through discussions at various levels. Subsequently, textbooks for Std 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 were crafted following the syllabus grid, ensuring a more responsive and contemporary educational landscape. A concept formation workshop on Kerala School Curriculum Reform was held on April 29th, 2023, at SCERT. Educational observers from different districts, DIET faculty members, teachers’ representatives, union leaders, and student representatives actively participated. The workshop, focused on conceptualizing curriculum reform, was meticulously organized to include the perspectives of public education enthusiasts, including retired teachers from DIET, school faculties, and other education professionals.
Inclusive Sports Manual
Children with special needs are attended with utmost consideration in schools under the General Education Department in Kerala. They are provided with many facilities to develop their potential to the maximum, despite their special conditions. As a part of these, an inclusive sports manual was prepared by SCERT. The Hon’ble Minister of General Education, Kerala – Sri. V. Sivankutty unveiled the inclusive sports manual. As a part of this initiative, the different sports items have been adapted to accommodate the children with special needs under different categories. The competitions were made ‘inclusive’ drawing inspiration from events such as Paralympics, Dwarf Games, Special Olympics, and other international competitions. These competitions have been organized with careful consideration of the unique condition of the children.
Faculty Development Program (FDP)
Considering the immense of empowering the faculties of SCERT, a faculty development programme was organised by SCERT. focusing on the progress made in the Kerala Organized by the Curriculum Evaluation and Research (C. E. R.) at SCERT, the programme involved discussions on the formulation of the Kerala Curriculum Framework 2023, emphasizing the need to delve into the details of the National Curriculum Framework 2020. The event also featured presentations, discussions and seminars on the Malayalam writing system, a key initiative of the civil service reform initiated by the Official Language Department of Government of Kerala.
Mikavu - Season 5
Developing the schools into centres of excellence, was one of the prime aims of General Education Department of Government of Kerala. For ensuring the excellence and for giving recognition to schools with excellence, a programme had been conducted by SCERT in the name Mikavu each year. Mikavu - Season 5 enumerated the schools which showed excellence during the year 2022-’23 and an initial selection process was conducted on March 23 and 24, 2023. The initial assessment, led by designated academic experts, was part of the documentation process for the excellence of schools under the General Education Department. The evaluation covered two groups, one from Thiruvananthapuram to Ernakulam and the other from Thrissur to Kasaragod. Moving to the next phase, expert teams verified the excellence of the shortlisted schools, explored potential collaboration of exchange, and proceeded to the next stage. The district-level in-charge and SCERT led a team, including a faculty member from SCERT, a DIET faculty member, and academic experts, and they completed the digital documentation of the primary shortlisted schools. Short videos, each ten minute long, showcased the excellence of the selected schools. A state-level dissemination of the same was conducted, which included participation from the SCERT faculties, DIET principals, DDEs and other educational officers of all the districts and three persons from all the selected schools. After this, the videos were uploaded and the links of the same were disseminated for an easy access.
DIET
District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) is entrusted with innovation, training, material development, onsite academic support, monitoring and evaluation, research studies, functioning of District centre for English, Inclusive education and continuing education. DIETs in Kerala are facing lack of adequate infrastructure facilities and timely maintenance of building and equipments, lack of sufficient human resources and insufficient funds. Yet, with minimum resource DIETs are in forefront of academic movement in Kerala. As per the new DIET Special Rule in Kerala, 31 faculty posts are sanctioned. DIET, as a district resource centre, requires to keep international standard in functioning. Buildings with high tech facilities, equipment and academically empowered faculties are the need of DIETs at present. Along with the programmes in Annual Plan, faculties are delegated to provide academic support for SSK, SCERT, SIEMAT, IMG, SIET and educational programmes of District Panchayath. DIETs follow multiple strategies of transaction such as offline, online, blended and hybrid mode of learning.
Programmes & Activities including Faculty Development of Teacher Educators (DIETs)
Academic Monitoring aims to ensure the quality of academic activities in schools and provide timely academic support as needed. The monitoring includes not only the classroom activities but also club activities, mid-day meal, school assembly, day celebrations , involvement of PRIs and SMC/PTA, community support and functioning of old student association etc. The cleanliness of toilets and kitchen, library facilities, lab functioning, maintenance of biodiversity park and kitchen garden etc. are also monitored. The main purpose of classroom monitoring is to collect data regarding teaching-learning process and the best classroom practices. The collected data are analysed in DIETs and the results are shared in the educational officers’ meetings with visual evidences. The strengths and limitations of the schools are assessed and used for planning and executing further training programmes. Thus, academic monitoring helped to ensure quality education and to disseminate best practices in schools. The programme aimed to ensure an effective teaching-learning process in classrooms, strengthening school support mechanisms by observing activities at school, providing academic support and guidelines to teachers for effective classroom activities and identifying and replicating best practices in schools. The programme included activities like development of Monitoring Tools, finalisation of Monitoring Tools, school visit and monitoring classroom activities in different subjects, consolidation and report writing, presentation & discussion of findings in educational conferences and suggest remedial activities to ensure quality in classroom learning. As a result of this monitoring, the confidence level of teachers was improved in transacting curriculum. This helped to identify the status of achievement of learning outcomes, ensured support to develop the school as a centre of academic excellence. It also helped the educational officers to realise the quality of academic activities in these schools and plan a systematic and scientific method of classroom monitoring. It also enabled dissemination of the excellence of schools, teachers, SMC’s and standards thus enabling a comprehensive positive change in the physical and emotional environment of schools.
Capacity Building Programme for SRG Conveners School Resource Group convenors play a pivotal role in organising and implementing different activities in schools, by conducting systematic and comprehensive planning in the SRG meetings. SRG Convenors of all schools in the state are to be empowered at the beginning of the academic year. The academic master plan is to be discussed in detail and a school-level timeline for activities will be designed based on the priorities of each school. The role of the SRG convenor is to mobilise the school resources to ensure quality learning. Empowering SRG convenors will enhance academic discussions and will help in executing innovative strategies in schools. DIET being the district academic centre, can plan and execute various programmes for strengthening the SRG convenors. The programme aimed at recognising the role of SRG convenors, formulating action plans to be implemented during the academic year, realizing the need for effective implementation of CPTA, and making parents aware of the physical, mental and emotional well-being of children. A comprehensive training programme for SRG convenors was held which helped improve school level planning. SRG conveners became the key academic persons in the school activities, Class PTA meeting became meaningful and effective. The activities in the Academic Master Plan were systematically implemented which resulted in the overall development of schools.
Documentation & Dissemination Seminars Documentation (video, print) of each programme is to be prepared by faculty members after the conclusion of the programme. Upon the completion of a programme, the merits and findings will be presented in a seminar format, following a thorough research and analysis. Documentation and seminars will provide a sense of direction for subsequent academic activities, create models and share findings. The aim of this programme included sharing academic excellence, documenting, different academic activities conducted in schools and DIETs, and providing necessary direction for further activities. Activities included the documentation of best classroom practices and school level activities during academic monitoring, documentation of DIET level and ITE level activities, editing the documents in presentable form for seminars and meetings and dissemination of excellences in scientific way. Proper documentation helped in the preparation of new projects and to collect necessary evidences to make seminars more meaningful and lively there by helping to upscale best practices.
Empowerment of pre-primary teachers Pre-primary teachers are to be empowered with the concepts of child development, child psychology and modern techniques for providing best sensory experiences. They have to plan activities integrating child-friendly and age - appropriate methods including play way method in the classroom for providing sensory experience. The pre-primary teachers should acquire the skill of planning activities for the foundation stage of schooling. They also have to be aware of health and nutrition of children, social – emotional – and linguistic environment in pre-primary classes. Hence empowerment programme for pre-primary teacher is conducted. The objectives of this programme include helping the pre-primary teachers to find and develop factors that help the growth and development of pre-primary children. Training the Pre-primary teachers was organised for equipping them on the techniques of providing effective sensory experiences to pre-primary children and planning child friendly activities within and outside the classroom. The activities in this programme included the selection of a core group at the district level, development of a training module, try-out of the module, modification of the module, pre-primary teacher training and documentation and monitoring and follow-up activities. After the training, the pre-primary teachers began implementing new learning strategies in their classrooms and became more aware of the nature of pre-primary children.
District Resource Pool (LP, UP, HS & HSS) Pooling educational resources at district level is necessary to facilitate teacher training and provide other support services within the district. The resource pool helps to meet the diverse learning needs of the learners and to support the teachers in their planning by undertaking research-based activities to prepare effective and engaging learning activities. The programme aimed at developing resources and materials that can be used to plan lessons effectively, undertaking research-based activities, creating a community of teachers who can share ideas and learn from each other, providing training and opportunities for teachers to develop their teaching skills and knowledge and improving the quality of teaching and learning in the schools to achieve better results. The activities in this programme included a need assessment survey to identify the specific needs of primary teachers, collaboration and sharing of best practices among the teachers based on survey results, formation of a committee consisting of school administrators, teachers and other stakeholders to monitor the implementation of the resource pool. Professional development workshops were organised to improve teaching skills and knowledge of teachers, undertaking research work on various subjects. District level education seminar was conducted for sharing innovative classroom practices implemented by the resource pool. There was an evaluation of the effectiveness of the resource pool regularly based on feedback from teachers and administrators. As a result of this programme, separate resource pool for LP, UP and HS & HSS sections came into effect. The teachers in the pool were selected for various exposure programmes and workshops in the district and the state level. This helped to improve the professionalism and the confidence level of these teachers.
Scholarship Exam Orientation Success in scholarship examination is considered as a quality parameter both for students and schools. For ensuring success in the scholarship examination, SRG convenors and parents were given orientation on the method of examination and provided necessary inputs to train the students. The students received training on a systematic approach to examination preparation. Objectives of this programme were to orient SRG convenors and parents regarding the nature of examination and to train the teachers to equip students to face the scholarship examination. The activities in this programme included selection of resource persons, preparation of module, DRG training, support material preparation, field level training for teachers to equip students to prepare for the examinations, parental orientation and monitoring. This programme helped the teachers to know the steps to be taken before conducting the exams to ensure success in the scholarship exam and it helped the teachers and parents to prepare the students well for the exam.
Training for institutional heads Head teachers should be equipped for effective planning and management of school activities. Proper training should be given in this regard. Heads of the Institution need supports for solving academic and administrative issues. DIET can support the head teachers to become a pedagogic leader. Hence a programme for orientation to head teachers was conducted. The objectives of this programme included equipping head teachers for effective planning and management of school activities, evolving platforms for sharing innovative practices in schools and helping the HMs. The activities in this programme include the preparation of the module at the district level, introduction of the module to the education officers in a convergence meeting and familarization of the module to the RPs and hence organised the training.
Programme Advisory Committee Meeting The PAC meeting enables the dissemination of DIET’s results and seeks suggestions and guidance for further planning in a democratic way. The meeting helps incorporate suggestions regarding new programmes relevant to the development of school education in the district. It was proposed that two PAC meetings be conducted per year. The objectives of this programme were to disseminate the achievement of the programmes conducted by DIET and gain consent to the proposed programmes from the committee. For this programme, PAC members (as per the guidelines) were invited and conducted the meeting. In the meeting, the synopsis of programmes, activities of the previous year and plan for the next year were presented. Thereafter, a discussion was held and the future activities of the DIETs were finalised. Discussions in PAC meetings helped to revisit the academic programmes conducted by DIET in the previous year and initiated a detailed discussion for analysing the current year programmes critically. DIET faculty members got a clear view of their programmes and effective discussions and suggestions in PAC meetings enhanced the quality of activities of the DIET.
Education officers’ convergence meeting The convergence of different educational agencies in the district is needed for the effective planning, implementation and monitoring of school academic activities without overlap. DIET Principal, Deputy Director of Education, RDD, AD (VHSE), District Project Co-ordinator (SSK), DEOs, AEOs, BPCs and DIET faculty members regularly participate in the programme. The agenda of the meeting is reviewing all academic activities (sub-district/Educational district-wise) and plan the programmes for the coming month. This programme also aimed to orient the newly recruited education officers about various academic duties and responsibilities and equip them to cater to the academic requirements. Activities of the programme included preparation of meeting agenda in consultation with DDE, DIET Principal and DPC, preparation of module, review of the monthly activities and planning for the succeeding month, input sessions to improve the professionalism of education officers and sharing the academic reflections of schools by educational officers. Regular and effective monthly planning was very useful for the academic excellence of the district. The meeting was helpful in maintaining a convergence and linkage among the education officers of the district to plan and implement academic activities in the district effectively.
Strengthening of School Clubs Various clubs are functioning at the school level. It is important to coordinate the activities of the clubs for the desired academic achievement. Proper guidance to the club conveners in the district will reframe the club activities as extension activities of the classroom process. Hence a programme for strengthening school clubs was conducted this year. Ensuring the effectiveness of school-level club activities and linking club activities with academic activities were the objectives of this programme. Activities included the preparation of a handbook containing general guidelines covering activities of various clubs, conceptualization workshop, module preparation, and a sub-district level training for club conveners and monitoring. The programme resulted in systematic functioning of school clubs, yielding effective results. Also, the club activities became part of classroom activities.
Strengthening of ITE’s in the District Continuous interventions and innovations are needed in the teacher education field to ensure and improve the quality of teacher training in the district. A status study of ITEs will show the merits and limitations of the classroom processes in ITEs. As such the DIET formulated a remedial package to overcome the constraints. The objectives of this programme include identification of the existing academic strengths and limitations of ITEs, providing support, guidance to teacher educators and making an academic master plan for ITEs and familiarising the innovations and trends in classroom teaching. The activities in this programme included development of appropriate tools for conducting the status studies, subject-wise academic assessment and infrastructure assessment of ITE. The action plan was prepared and conducted workshops for overcoming the limitations and a district-level seminar was organised. As a result of this programme, the strengths and weaknesses of all ITEs in the districts, could be assessed. It ensured that activities are organized as per Action Plan in all ITEs, academic expertise was achieved in required areas and could assure that ITEs can be transformed into centres of academic excellence.
Workshop for Short film making Short films are good pedagogic tools for developing creativity and communication skill. The teacher educators and student teachers are supposed to know using short films for learning enhancement as a learning strategy. So that they can teach the art of film making to their students so as to boost their creativity and communication skills. Hence a workshop on short film making was organised this year. The objectives of this programme included enhancing the creativity of student teachers, preparing short films and incorporating various possibilities of using short films in teaching-learning process. Activities included a conference of ITE Principals, preparation of module, conducting training sessions (training including one teacher educator and two student teachers each from one ITE in the district based on the training module), preparation and presentation of short films in ITEs and district level presentation of selected short films. The programme helped in enhancing the creativity among teacher educators and student teachers in preparing short films. A collection of short films on different themes was obtained. Tryouts were conducted to analyse the influence of visual media on school children according to various learning styles.
Teaching Learning material workshop Student teachers have to develop skills to support quality education in schools. It is essential to introduce student teachers to how to make study materials in various subjects. The preparation and use of different learning materials will help student teachers to enjoy teaching and learning. Hence a workshop for preparation Teaching Learning Materials was conducted. The objectives of the programme include acquiring competency in the preparation and use of teaching-learning materials and their use as part of learning, fostering the creative skills of teacher-students and enhancing capacity building and training for self-development. The activities in this programme included conferences of ITE Principals, preparation and use of teaching-learning materials, display of prepared TLMs and sharing the effectiveness of using the displayed TLM in classroom teaching. The student teachers could learn how to prepare and use appropriate TLMs in suitable situations. As a result of the programme, better teaching learning materials could be prepared and developed a team of creative teachers.
Subject-wise Cluster Meeting of ITE Teachers To transform ITEs into centres of academic excellence and to ensure quality in classroom teaching, updating teacher education is needed. Sharing proper methodology for the effective transaction of D. EL. Ed curriculum and subject training in each semester are needed to ensure proper development of student teachers. Hence subject wise cluster meetings of ITE teachers were conducted. The objectives of this programme were to discuss D. EL. Ed. curriculum in detail, to empower teacher educators for effective transaction of curriculum in tune with the latest developments in the school curriculum and to provide necessary support to teachers in various subject areas. The activities of this programme included conceptualisation and development of module on the basis of methodology, training of Teacher Educators using the module with both the faculty members and teacher educators as resource persons. The teacher educators got a clear awareness about the recent trends in school curriculum. They clearly understood the methods and strategies of transaction of each subject. Innovative programmes to be implemented in the ITEs could be planned properly with clear goals so as to enrich the learning experiences of the student teachers.
Mentor Training D. EL. Ed curriculum demands school attachment programmes for student teachers at different levels. The pedagogic analysis in the classroom will support the student teachers for preparing teaching manuals. The student teachers will be assigned to a mentor teacher in the attached school. The mentor teachers are expected to support the mentees academically and personally. Hence, they should be given orientation to equip them to provide effective support to student teachers. Hence, a mentor training programme was conducted. The objectives of the programme were to familiarise the mentor teachers with the ‘know how’ of internship programme, to ensure quality of internship activities through evaluation and continuous assessment of mentees and to build a healthy relation between schools and ITEs by exchanging academic resources. For this, a module for mentor training was prepared and training for mentors was conducted by DIET faculty members. As a result of this programme, an action plan for mentors during the internship programme could be prepared and could develop awareness of mentoring among mentor teachers thus ensuring an improved quality of student teachers during the internship programme.
ITE PRINCIPALS’ MONTHLY REVIEW MEETING AND PLANNING Effective planning, execution and evaluation are the key factors of any successful programme. Proper review and planning of activities are necessary for ensuring the quality of ITEs’ proper functioning. ITE activities are reviewed and the difficulties faced by the teacher educators are discussed in the cluster meeting. Administrative and academic support is ensured from DIET through convergence. For this purpose, a monthly review and planning meeting of ITE principals and DIET faculties was conducted. These programmes aimed at creating awareness about the activities to be conducted in ITEs throughout the year, preparation of a monthly calendar for ensuring time bound activities for transacting D. EL. Ed. curriculum and sharing the innovative activities of ITEs and DIETs. As part of this programme, monthly reviews of the ITEs’ activities were done using Google Forms. The data thus obtained were consolidated, and based on this data, a framework of activities was prepared along with the module. The same was presented in the review and planning meeting. It was followed by a discussion, and the meeting was organised next month. The activities in ITEs became time-bound and systematic. The problems encountered in the functioning of ITEs concerning academics and administration could be discussed and solved and improved the professionalism of institutions.
ICT Training for D.EL. Ed students ICT being an integral part of the teaching-learning process, student teachers need empowerment programmes to familiarize the updated platforms and digital devices. They should be aware of how each subject can be linked to ICT for better learning. Being future teachers, the trainees can explore the possibilities of ICTs in assessment and teaching processes. Hence, each year ICT training for D. EL. Ed students is carried out. The objectives of this programme were to familiarise the D. EL. Ed students with the preliminary details of information technology (Development of computer-based education, Operating systems, hardware, software, mobile technology etc), to enable the students to handle computers efficiently so that they can make their classes technologically supported, to enable the students to prepare presentations, documentaries, magazines etc. for their classroom transaction and enable the D. EL. Ed students to use the different educational utilities like K star, GeoGebra, PheT, Marble, GIMP etc. for supporting educationally challenged students. The activities in connection with this programme included preparation of the module for the training which included sessions on general awareness about computers. They learned about the history of computers, operating systems, hardware and software, video editing and sound editing, internet browsing, emailing, blog creation, m-learning and various platforms for interaction. They were provided with a 5-day training and the products of the training was later used for academic purpose. Through this programme, the students got awareness and became experts in using ICT in the classroom so that their classes were transformed into ICT-enabled learning centres. The student teachers began to enjoy teaching. They felt it easy to explain abstract ideas using ICT.
Training for Teacher Educators (DIETs)
DIET faculty members are entrusted with providing academic support to the schools. They should be equipped with sufficient subject knowledge and skills. Hence, empowerment programmes were conducted for DIET faculties. A 10 day training programme for DIET faculties consisted familiarization of innovative practices in teacher education institutions in and out of the state, new trends in teacher education, ICT training including Artificial Intelligence, Field trips etc. was conducted. . The objectives of this programme were to familiarize the DIET faculty members with new trends and developments in teacher education and give opportunities to faculty members to present their ideas and vision on teacher education. The activities included a visioning workshop and module preparation, training programmes and enrichment seminars. This programme helped to develop skills and knowledge among DIET faculty members which led to the development of professionalism among them.
Specific Projects for Research Activities (DIETs)
A study on the impact of monitoring in analysing academic issues and finding systematic way for solving the issue. During academic monitoring of schools, DIET faculties directly observe and understand the issues related to classroom learning. The monitoring will provide insights into the effectiveness of the training conducted, as well as the innovative projects undertaken by the teachers etc. The faculties are expected to conduct research based on the issues they observed in schools. These researches will help DIET to plan, refine and implement programmes in the field. The objectives of this study included identifying field-level academic problems and suggesting solutions, providing necessary support to teachers in various subject areas, publishing the research report and presenting it in the seminar. As part of this, concept formation workshop was conducted for fixing the design of research, developed tool for data collection. After collecting the data analysis was done on which a research report was prepared which was disseminated in the seminar. As a part of this study, the faculty members identified various academic issues in the field and the individual achievements of teachers, students and schools. They conducted individual researches based on field-level experiences and the research report and findings helped to prepare various modules for teacher training. Research work in progress.
Result Analysis of various examinations and Quality Tracking Result Analysis of various examinations helps to understand how the students are learning, and how they have performed based on the learning outcomes in the curriculum. The information was used to identify areas of strength and weakness. Based on this, the area to be focused while teaching was identified and necessary support was given. The study included areas such as scholarship examination (LSS, USS), terminal exam results from Std 1 to 10, SSLC, Plus One & Plus Two. The objectives of this study were to identify the learning gaps of students, to equip the teachers, to give apt support to students and to help educational authorities to plan future programmes and activities. Activity of this programme included preparation of vision paper and tools, collection of answer scripts of various examinations, analysis and consolidation of results, preparation of report and dissemination and remedial package for challenging contents. Result analysis report of LSS, USS, Terminal Exam results from Std 1 to 10, SSLC, Plus One & Plus Two examinations was prepared and the same was disseminated among Education Officers and Teachers so that the real picture of the academic scenario could be understood by them. Based on this, prepared and implemented remedial programmes which helped to enhance academic achievement.
Impact study on various academic activities conducted by Samagra Siksha Kerala Samagra Shiksha Kerala has been implementing various programmes and activities to enhance the academic level of school education for the last five years. DIETs of Kerala were entrusted to find out the impact of these programmes and develop a way forward to the future academic plan. The objectives of this study included finding out the impact of various academic programmes implemented by Samagara Shiksha, Kerala, analysing the academic reflections of programmes conducted by SSK during 2022-23 and developing guidelines for future programmes. The activities of this programme included a visioning workshop, tool preparation, data collection and analysis, report writing and preparation of plans. Only the visioning workshop and tool preparation were completed. Other activities are in progress.