Students of government-run schools scored around 20% lesser marks on average as compared to their private school counterparts in the recently-concluded Board examinations. Principal Secretary of School Education Praveen Prakash said innovative steps need to be taken in order to bridge the gap in academic performance between students of government and private schools. Students of government-run schools scored around 20% lesser marks on average as compared to their private school counterparts in the recently-concluded Board examinations. Expressing concern over the gap in performance, Mr. Praveen Prakash innovative steps by teachers of government schools would help improve the quality of education. Calling for a “disruptive intervention” to break the cycle of low performance, Mr. Praveen Prakash said teachers should think of emulating the best practices being followed by the public sector educational institutions in countries like the United States and Australia. Citing the policy of home visits by teachers in the two countries, he said every class teacher there visits the homes of students twice in an academic year. The first visit is in June, at …