Principal Secretary to the Administration Sanjeev Khirwar held a preliminary meeting for the rollout of Vidya Samiksha Kendra (VSK) in Ladakh with the implementing agency Educational Consultants India Limited (EdCIL) on December 21.

Vidya Samiksha Kendra is a Centralized Monitoring and Analytical System being launched in all States/UTs. The VSK envisages the centralization of all school and student-related data for planning and implementation of educational projects to monitor the status of all educational projects being implemented under Samagra Shiksha. Using technological interventions such as data analysis and artificial intelligence, the initiative aims at collating real-time data to assist in making data-driven decisions.

Officials of EdCIL, through a presentation, highlighted features of the Central system, such as real-time attendance monitoring for teachers and students, enrollment/drop out/ retention ratio, achievements, and final assessment of students, while also acting as a bridge between the students and the stakeholders for grievances pertaining to the ground implementation of various projects.

Further, the team informed that this system would provide seamless reporting for the existing Management Information System (MIS) with no duplicity of existing infrastructure and stated that the system would be set up as per Ladakh-centric specifications.

The project is scheduled to be implemented in three phases.

Principal Secretary Khirwar directed the Director School Education Ladakh to examine the additional requirements of the School Education Department after implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.

Director NIC, Chief Education Officers Leh & Kargil, Chief General Manager DES and other DES officials, IT Consultant, Ladakh, IT Coordinator SED Ladakh and other concerned officials attended the meeting.