Questions related to Planning and Monitoring

Planning and monitoring involve the strategic use of data to develop, assess, and refine educational plans. The questions in this category cover topics such as creating district-level report cards, making school plans public, using data to secure additional funding, involving school management committees, and ensuring the accuracy of data at various administrative levels. The focus is on leveraging data for effective decision-making, resource allocation, and continuous improvement.

State level

• How do I check if plans reflect actual needs of people? Is that possible?

• How can I create a District Report Card based on key performance indicators?

• What do I do that DEOs and DIETs start making better use of data?

• How to create a priority list of schools that need infrastructural support, using UDISE?

• How do I make a priority order of schools within my state for funding?

• Are SMC records relevant? Are they also data?

• As there are subject-wise resource persons in the state, how should we use the data to arrive at what each subject needs to do and what needs to be done commonly by all?

• How can I use PAB data to show that my state should be provided more funds?

• How can I use data from schools in my district to develop the SDP?

• How can I utilize School Development Plans for developing the State Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWPB)?

District, Block or Circle level

• How can I create a District Report Card based on key performance indicators?

• What do I do that DEOs and DIETs start making better use of data?

• Is there any point in presenting the school data to the school management committee (SMC)? Will they be able to understand it? If I want them to, what should I do?

• How to create a priority list of schools that need infrastructural support, using UDISE?

• Are SMC records relevant? Are they also data?

• What steps do we have to take to ensure the data related to our block or district is reliable?

• How can I use data from schools in my district to develop the SDP?

School level

• Should I make the school SDP public? Will it help in getting more support from the Panchayat?

• Should I make the school UDISE report public? Will people understand it? Will it help in getting more support from the Panchayat?

• Is there any point in presenting the school data to the school management committee (SMC)? Will they be able to understand it? If I want them to, what should I do?

• How do I read my school’s report on UDISE?

• Are SMC records relevant? Are they also data?

• What steps do I take to ensure that the data relevant to my school on UDISE+ is correct?

• Is there any point in comparing the data of my school with that of another school, especially in terms of change in the last few years?

• As a school principal or teacher, is it of any use for me to look at the data of the block cluster, district, or state? How will it help me? How should I use it if it does?