Vision Document, Department of Education, District Anantnag

Abstract

Vision is defined as desired or intended future state of an organization or enterprise or department in terms of its fundamental objective and/or strategic direction. Vision is a long term view, sometimes describing how the parent organization or department would like the world in which it operates to be. For example a charity working with the poor might have a vision statement which read A world without poverty.The vision helps in developing strategic planning and guides in shaping the programs and activities which will contribute to the accomplishment of desired future state of affairs in the given area to which the vision pertains.During the recent past state and central governments have been seriously unveiling various programs, schemes and steps to ensure the universalization of education throughout the country. Extraordinary measures are being taken to handle various challenges like teaching methodologies, infrastructure, recruitment of qualified teachers, planning and linking the village school system with community for grassroots level monitoring and supervision of a village school. Provision of quality Elementary Education to all children up to the age of 14 years prompted education planners to design and implement an effective education vision plan to achieve the goal of Universalisation of Elementary Education within a given time frame and through a definite route and strategy.As a result of various consultations facilitated under the EU, DFID and Save the Children supported programme in district Anantnag, the officials of department of education and the project staff of JKYT have decided to work together to develop Education vision plan at district level. One of the gaps which have been figured out as a result of various internal meetings and forums is there is absence of an overall vision in the area of education not only in Jammu and Kashmir but perhaps in entire country. With the result of these, Anantnag will be leading in the area of developing an education specific vision and strategy. Once agreed and adopted by the department, this vision will become a guiding document for shaping the future programs in education in the district Anantnag and will go long way in improving the state of education in the district. With the publication of this document, Anantnag will be setting an example in looking at the education sector in terms of long term planning which will cascade in annual and perspective planning of education in the district. The vision envisages in bringing positive changes through educational system. There is no second thought among the policy makers and general public that investment in education is the only way forward for overcoming various challenges human societies face from across the globe. Education helps in polishing human resources and helps in securing a better tomorrow for one and all irrespective of the caste, color, language, sex and religion.Major objectives of developing this vision document have been following;i) To generate a common perspective, among diverse stakeholders, for the holistic development of the Educational System in the district especially in the domain of Quality Education.ii) To work out a strategy for the optimal and balanced utilization of the available resources.iii) To bring the socially excluded sections in the fold of educational system through formulating a need based plan on an individual basis.iv) To enhance the role of community in the sense that it instills the wisdom of ownership among them.