Decoding PARAKH: Why does India need a centralised assessment regulator? | In Focus podcast
b'The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), among other things, also envisaged what is being called \\u2018assessment reform\\u2019 \\u2013 that is, changing the way school students are assessed. With this objective in mind, it recommended setting up a centralized, national-level assessment regulator called PARAKH \\u2013 Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development.\\nThe government invited international consultants to bid for a contract to help set up PARAKH, and now three global nonprofits \\u2013 Educational Testing Services (ETS), American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) \\u2013 have expressed interest. So, how will having a centralized assessment regulator change the way assessments are done in India? Why do need the help of foreign consultants for setting up PARAKH -- do we lack the expertise in India? How will PARAKH help secure better educational outcomes for our students?'