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21/06/21 10:00 AM IST

NISHTHA Capacity Building Programme

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Ministry of Tribal Affairs and NCERT come together on a joint mission for NISHTHA Capacity Building Programme for EMRS Teachers and Principals.

Highlights
  • The capacity building program is  aimed to build competencies among teachers and school principals and Improving Quality of School Education through Integrated Teacher Training.   
  • MoTA has recently collaborated with National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), which a national apex education body for several programmatic initiatives and interventions, for conducting such programs across  350 functional EMRS schools across the country.
  • NISHTHA Program is part of various Capacity Building Training programs undertaken By Ministry.
  • This was the first batch of 120 EMRS teachers and principals from 3 states, namely Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. 
  • The participants were capacitated on 18 holistic and comprehensive modules covering different aspects of education such as Learning Outcomes, Assessment Practices, learner-centered pedagogy, Art-Integrated Learning, Gender Equality, Covid Response of Schools, POCSO Act, Pedagogy of Science, Mathematics, Language, Social Science Subjects etc.The training was conducted in an online mode, adopting a blended approach.  
Source: PIB

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