AP EMDP EXPO 2023 Selection of Projects SCERT, AP - Conducting One Day AP EMDP EXPO 2023 Programme at State Level - Selection of Projects
SCERT, AP - Conducting - One Day - AP EMDP EXPO 2023 Programme at State Level - Selection of Projects - Regarding. Rc.No.ESE02/ 810/ 2021-SCERT Dated: 07-03-2023
Ref:-
1.Submitted letter to The Commissioner, School Education regarding AP EMDP EXPO-2023 dt. 12th Dec 2022 by EMDP Consortium.
2.Lr. received from the Director, SECRT, AP, F.No.403/2022-23 SCERT dt.22/12/2022.
3.Instructions given by the Director, SCERT, AP. as per Note # 2 dt.21/02/2023.
All the Regional Joint Directors of School Education, District Educational Officers, District Science Officers, District Common Examination Board Secretaries, and DIET Principals in the State are informed that as per the reference cited above, it is decided to conduct AP EMDP EXPO 2023 as part of an initiative of the Samagra Shiksha, SCERT, AP, and Consortium launched in 2021, to showcase the student's learning talents from the EMDP Program through their projects. Through these projects, students try to identify the problems in and around their community and try to develop their own solutions. And to get aware of 21st-century skills like grit, critical thinking, and problem-solving would be nurtured and at the same time communication & collaboration skills also be enhanced.
It is informed that 9,030 teachers from 4776 schools were trained and those teachers implemented this program for 2,93,161 students. 50 Mandals were kept on hold from this program as a control group for the comparative study by the External Research Consortium.
Keeping in view of the above, it is decided to conduct State Level AP EMDP EXPO 2023 on 24th March 2023 at the venue in Vijayawada whose details would be shared soon. In order to reach the state level, these projects would be filtered at the school & district levels.
School Level: Projects done by 9th Grade students in the EMDP will be presented at the school and one project from each school will be recommended by the teacher/principal for district-level presentation with the help of a Rubric attached in Annexure 1 for your reference. Teachers/Principals are suggested to submit the selected project details at
District Level: 4776 projects received from 4776 schools in 615 Mandals would be screened by the AP EMDP Team and the top 10 projects would be recommended for the Committee's perusal. This Committee may consist of the DSO, DCEB, DIET Principal, DYEO, and District Manager of AP EMDP chaired by DEO. The Committee is suggested to take a presentation from those 10 projects at a common venue like District Science Centre / DEO Office / any convenient place between 13th - 18th March 2023. Further, select the top 2 projects based on the Rubric for representing the District at State Level AP EMDP EXPO 2023.
State Level: TWO Projects from each district (a total of 52 Projects) will present their projects at AP EMDP EXPO 2023 on 24th March 2023 at the given venue. 3 children & 1 Guide teacher for each project may be allowed to participate in the EXPO (156 Students + 52 Teachers)
Therefore all the Regional Joint Directors of School Education and District Education Officers in the State are requested to constitute the Committee as suggested above, gather the 10 projects and take the presentation. Further, select the top 2 projects based on the Rubric and send them for representing the Districts in State Level EMDP EXPO-2023.
At State Level EXPO, TA & DA will be provided for the teachers. Only TA will be provided for Students.
For District Level Presentations, the expenditure may be meet from APC / DEO.
They are also requested to make necessary arrangements for the project presentations at District Level.