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Education in the recent years has received a lot of attention both from the academicians as well as the policy makers. Specifically in India a lot of new initiatives have been implemented but unfortunately the results have not been very encouraging. This has necessitated the presence of some sort of quality assessment system at the grass-root level. In this paper we have looked at one such recent initiative by the Karnataka State Government. We have further critically analyzed the working of this organization comparing it with the similar initiatives in the developed countries. Finally we have proposed a novel technology based assessment system which integrates different information flows into an overarching central information reservoir or information system. The ultimate motive is to mitigate the inefficiencies and deficiencies of the existing system and in the process create a system which ensures learning and development of students – the oft forgotten primary beneficiaries.
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We would like to thank Professor S. Nayana Tara under whose guidance we undertook this project at IIM Bangalore, the officials of KSQAO and the Karnataka State Education Board who were extremely helpful in providing us all the relevant information and material and finally IIM Bangalore for providing us with the motivation and support for undertaking this project.
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Popli, A.R., Choudhary, P. (2010). Creating a Novel Multi Platform Technology Based System for School Quality Assessment. In: Iskander, M., Kapila, V., Karim, M. (eds) Technological Developments in Education and Automation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3656-8_69
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