SRINAGAR: DIET Srinagar in collaboration with State Leadership Academy (SLA) SCERT recently conducted a four-day workshop on "Efficient Resourcing and Effective Governance in Newly Formed Clusters" from March 7 to March 10, 2023. The workshop aimed to help Heads of Institutions (HOIs) of High Schools in understanding the Clustering Model, akin to the concept of Special Education Zones, to resolve academic and administrative issues through collaborative understanding and efficient resourcing. Senior Academic Officer, DIET Srinagar, Ms. Nusrat Gilani, welcomed all (HOIs) High Schools to the workshop. Highlighting the significance of the ‘Clustering Model’, which is akin to the concept of Special Education Zones, for HOIs which could help resolve numerous academic and administrative issues through collaborative understanding and efficient resourcing, she also stressed the importance of involving all stakeholders, especially students in the academic-policy making. The workshop also stressed the importance of involving all stakeholders, especially students, in academic policy-making. Participants were divided into groups and engaged in activities to simulate consensus-building and develop a collaborative understanding of practical issues in clusters, enhancing leadership and management skills through community partnership and SMDCs. The keynote speakers, Ms. Tahira Hilali, Principal DIET, and Mr. Fida Gulzar Ahmad, emphasized the need for collaborative and consultative approaches in making clusters effective and methodical. Mr. Ahmad also acquainted HOIs with the perspicacity of tools and techniques of efficient resourcing and good governance with special emphasis on human and physical resource management. Sheikh Sameer, KRP (Key Resource Person), SLA/SCERT JK (UT) deliberated on the importance of understanding the tools and techniques of efficient resourcing through hands-on practice with the latest managerial tools and techniques like SWOC/Measure Concerned Template and Suggestive Framework of School/Complex Development Plan of NCSL (National Center For School Leadership New Delhi). Mir Masood Ali, Senior Academic Officer, SLA/SCERT, threw light on improving learning and learning outcomes and emphasized the significance of various approaches to pedagogy for effective functioning of respective clusters. Ms. Rafiqa Qureshi, HOD, Planning and Management, who helped coordinate the workshop, outlined the concept of the clustering model to HOIs by throwing light on this novel idea, which can help increase productivity, drive the pace of innovation, and simulate the new form of businesses. In conclusion, Ms. Tahira Hilali, Principal, DIET, Srinagar, emphasized the importance of the formation of clusters or complexes, terming it as an opportunity for all HOIs to transform schools into 'Special Education Zones' as per NEP 2020, thereby making schools a better place for students where learning is a joyful activity and schools are adequately equipped in terms of infrastructure, ICT, and other facilities. The workshop concluded with a vote of thanks to all participants and resource persons for making the workshop lively and engaging.