Open Schooling and Bridge School

 Open Schooling and Bridge School:

Beginning with the National Open School, open school boards, which have begun to function in a few states, now are able to provide much more flexibility and options for students. The range of subjects they offer is wide. With more flexibility in examination taking,and the possibility of credit transfer from other boards, open schools have been able to provide a more humane approach to the process of certification. Knowledge about and access to open schools could be more widely disseminated along with efforts to address misconceptions regarding equivalence with other board examinations. By scheduling these examinations closer to the dates of other board examinations, it would also be possible to ensure that students do not lose a school year. 

Bridge courses are conducted widely in many parts of the country to enable children who are out of school to study in programmes and become integrated into classes suitable to their age. In the medium term, it is essential to have well - conceived programmes that are able to meet this curricular objective. Anything less than this would exacerbate the deprivation that these children have already suffered, and constitute a flagrant disregard of their rights. Rigorous research and development of the pedagogy and materials required for such programmes to succeed, stringent implementation norms and provisioning of facilities, as well as continued academic and social support for these children after they have been placed in school are essential.