gurugram the state education department has decided to use the sampark smartshala app to assess the learning levels and improve the learning outcomes among students at the receiving end of the covidinduced disruption in the education system according to a circular issued by the department earlier this weekas the students are back to schools for offline education after two years the department has decided to conduct a mcqbased kaun banega crorepati kbctype contest for students in classes 13 in two phases on march 31 and april 22 through the sampark smartshala app besides the department has also announced offline examinations for students in classes 49 according to the officials the appbased contest will assess the learning levels of the students and evaluate their aptitude and interests towards subjects we want to assess learning outcomes and possible gaps among the students in a transparent manner so we are holding a centralised offline exam for classes 4 to 9 similarly we want to assess students of classes 1 to 3 through the appbased contest however we want to reduce the stress of examinations and hence are introducing this contesttype evaluation through the sampark smartshala app said a senior education department officialthe sampark smart shala mobile app is developed by sampark foundation it provides access to thousands of teachinglearning resources in hindi including sampark smart shala animated video lessons rhymes stories interactive and engaging games proposed classroom activities worksheets quizzes all mapped to state textbooks and developed following the states syllabusthe directorate has issued orders to all the district education officers to get the teachers to complete the registration work for the contest according to the officials the questions on the app will be in the format of kaun banega crorepati where students will get prompts to attempt questions and have four lifelinesits a fun way of assessing students and improving concept retention which has taken a major hit during the pandemic the department has created the question bank based on the state syllabus on hindi english and maths with 40 questions in each chapter said bajghera government school head manoj lakhrastudents will be analysed according to the nature of the questions the teachers can conduct the teachinglearning process by identifying the areas which need to be developed the counseling officers who cooperate with the schools can also assist the schools as per the needs of the students he added