New Delhi : The Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched the NISHTHA or National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement today.
NISHTHA is an initiative to improve Learning Outcomes at the elementary level.
It is the world’s largest teachers’ training programme of its own kind, basic objective of this is to motivate and equip teachers to encourage and implant critical thinking in students.
The training modules for NISHTHA have been developed through a consulting process involving the suggestions from :
- The states and Union Territories (UTs) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS),
- Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS),
- School Principals and Non-Governmental Organizations, such as Kaivalya Foundation,
- Tata Trust, Azim Premji Foundation and Aurobindo Society.
The minister confirmed that the training will be conducted by 33120 Key Resource Persons (KRPs) and State Resource Persons (SRP) identified by the State and UTs, who will in turn be trained by 120 different National Resource Persons identified from NCERT, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), KVS, NVS, CBSE and Non-Government Organisations.
The minister also said that teachers will get awareness and develop their skills on various aspects like:
- How to improve the Learning Outcomes,
- Competency Based Learning and Testing,
- Learner-centered Pedagogy,
- School Safety and Security,
- Personal-social qualities, and Inclusive Education,
- awareness on ICT in teaching-learning including Artificial Intelligence,
- Health and well-being including yoga,
- Initiatives in School Education including library, eco club, youth club, kitchen garden,
- School Leadership qualities, Environmental Concerns, Pre-school, Pre-vocational Education.
HRD minister disclosed that this training programme will be of 100 days.
This integrated programme aims to train around 42 lakh participants including all teachers and Heads of Schools at the elementary level in all government schools, faculty members of State Councils of Educational Research and Training (SCERTs), District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) as well as Block Resource Coordinators and Cluster Resource Coordinators in all states and UTs.
NISHTHA website, Training Modules, Primer Booklet and a Mobile app were also launched by the Minister.