The Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to organise a ‘Nipun Samman’ ceremony every month to honour meritorious students. The selected students will be honoured in this ceremony by their parents and dignitaries.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given instructions to accelerate various activities in the state to ensure the effective implementation of the Skill India Mission. Specific benchmarks are also established for these activities to meet smart targets by 2025-26.

Following the instructions of Director General of School Education, Vijay Kiran Anand, all educational and training institutions in the districts have appointed principals and District Primary Education Officers in this regard.

Students from Classes 1-3 will be eligible for the meritorious student award if they meet their proficient targets in Hindi and Mathematics. In this sequence, there will be assessment of the children’s skilful efficiency using the Nipun Lakshya app.

Parents and other dignitaries will be invited to the ceremony, and a badge will be awarded to the deserving student. It also improves the association between the school and the community. The significance of encouraging all children and their parents to help their children become skilled students and the school to become a capable school will be published and motivated, officials confirmed here on Thursday.

The Principal of DIET will prepare a roster for the current session – January to March 2023 – in which schools will be allotted to all Del Ed trainees. These trainees will visit the designated schools on the day of the assessment.

The trainees will assess children from Classes 1-3 using the Nipun Lakshya App. As many as 30 children in a school (10 children in each class) will be evaluated on the Nipun Lakshya app by each trainee.

Teachers and DEl Ed trainees will take care to ensure that no assistance is given to the children in determining the correct answer. After entering the answers, the children’s results will automatically appear on the Nipun Lakshya app, and it will be known how many children from the school are proficient.

Teachers will provide need-based support to the children, and assessment results will be shared with the school principal and teachers. The compiled monthly progress information will be sent to the Principal of DIET and the District Basic Education Officer. Each DEl Ed trainee will also be paid an incentive of Rs 500 for every working day.