Abstract:
Evaluation of an educational initiative is of interest to educational planners, managers,
academicians and other stakeholders in different ways. It helps in providing feedback to the
programme community, teachers, teacher educators and educational functionaries, which further
helps them to identify and address the challenges and use the strengths of the initiative for their
relevance in the local context and also for replication in other parts of the country. Keeping this
in view the Concurrent Evaluation of Ail Integrated Learning program in Icchawar Block of
M.P. was planned. Art Integrated Learning (AIL) is a framework of experiential learning which
provides an equitable learning environment for all learners through their own access points. The
tools used in the evaluation were made by a team of experts in the field. The data collected from
the key informants were put to both qualitative as well as quantitative analysis (percentage). For
qualitative analysis, answers to open-ended questions in various tools were coded and organized
according to themes. They were cross tabulated and provided in the form of tables and charts.
Results of the study indicated a positive attitude of teachers, Head Masters and students towards
the AIL pedagogy. In the implementation part, teachers mostly used games and toys in their
classrooms and that they would require more training in development of AIL resources.
