HRD Ministry To Train 11 Lakh Teachers By March 2019


Nirmal Singh Lotus is happy to see that the ministry of human resources development is all set to start teacher education programmed across the country which aims to train around 11.09 lakh untrained teachers by March 2019.

Nirmal Singh Lotus further noted that it is giving some serious goals to qualitative learning by giving away tablets to over 2,000 students of Kendriya Vidyalayas to make them understand intrinsic science and mathematics lessons smoothly.

According to HRD minister Prakash Javadekar, “Teachers' education was an important part of school education reforms and there were over 11 lakh untrained teachers in schools under Sarva Shiksha Adhyayan - six lakh in government schools and five lakh in private ones. Earlier, under the RTE Act, they were supposed to complete diploma in elementary education by 2015,” reported by the Times of India.

Javadekar further clarified that there would be no extension and indeed this is the last chance to exhibit right training among the students. "We have extended the time up to 2019 as untrained teachers are an injustice to students. So, for the first time, we are going to train them through Swayam and Swayam Prabha, not through DEd or BEd colleges. We expect more than eight to nine lakh teachers to register, but the actual figure will be available on September 15, “he said.

Nirmal Singh Lotus would further corroborate his quote: "We will start the courses on October 2 and will continue them till June 2018. Next year, it starts in July and it will go on till March 19, 2019. The programme includes 1,080 lectures and nine courses in 10 languages. Apart from online training there will also be a total of 24 face-to-face workshops during school holidays. For the first time, we are having this kind of technology-enabled teacher training for lakhs of teachers."

Nirmal Singh Lotus is glad to hear the ministry will kickstart tablet-based learning in KVs from September 5. As of now, the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has submitted its proposal to the ministry in May and pilot study will start from the students of Class IX or Class XI. "The idea is to supplement the knowledge the students get from their books in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects using technology," said a ministry official.

Nirmal Singh Lotus would further like to appreciate the point that the reading material is available online and students can submit their assignments online for evaluation.



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