Source: The Hindu Is teaching-learning limited only to application of knowledge already acquired? Or does it also call for looking at things anew? “The illiterate of the future are not those who can’t read or write ...
Category: Teacher Education
All untrained teachers are to be trained by March 2019 – Shri Prakash Javadekar
Union HRD Minister launches Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) A quality programme of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) for in-service untrained teachers training Diploma in Elementary Education (D. ...
National Award to Teachers 2016
"Mediocre teacher tells, good teacher explains, superior teacher demonstrates and a great teacher inspires" - Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu addressing the gathering ...
Ranking of Teacher Education Colleges
The teacher education institutions granted recognition by NCTE for running teacher education courses were asked to provide details of infrastructure, human resource and other facilities available with them through a mand ...
Wishing All Educators A Happy Teacher’s Day
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” - Albert Einstein "The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads ...
Performance Based Appraisal System for University Teachers
The University Grants Commission (UGC) UGC has notified the UGC (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and measures for the maintenance of standards in H ...
Providing Academic Support to Teachers for Improving Teaching Performance
The Central Government has launched the ‘Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT)’ in December, 2014 with a vision to comprehensively address all issues related to teachers, teachin ...
MHRD Launches Virtual Call Centre of National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)
The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education and Literacy, Government of India has launched a Virtual Call ...
National Mission ON Teachers and Teaching
The Government proposes to launch a new Scheme Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching. The programme envisions to focus holistically on whole sector of education without fragmenting it, base ...
MHRD Minister Smriti Irani Emphasizes the Importance of Teacher in Education on National Education Day Celebration
The country celebrated the National Education Day on 11th November, 2014, which was the birth anniversary of India’s great freedom movement leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. On the occasion, President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Human Resource Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Minority Affairs, Dr. Najma A. Heptulla, Minister of State, Human Resource Development, Shri Upendra Kushwaha and Minister of State, Human Resource Development, Prof (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria paid floral tributes to the great visionary and first Education Minister of Independent India.
To mark the celebration of National Education Day, the following new initiatives were started by the Ministry of HRD -
President of India Presents National Awards to Teachers on the Occasion of Teachers’ Day
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented National Awards to teachers from across the country at a function at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi today (September 5, 2014) on Teachers’ Day.
Speaking on the occasion, the President said that Teachers influence the life of students by being their role models. They are the beacons of light who guide and motivate students throughout their academic life and, many a times, even beyond. India today needs many more competent and willing teachers to dedicate themselves to improving the standard and quality of education being currently imparted. Teachers have a vital role to play in the process of upgrading the quality of education which is a direct consequence and outcome of the quality of teachers.
Improving Standard of Education Through Teacher Training System
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 stipulates that all children in the 6-14 years age group be in school. So far 2.77 lakh schools have been constructed under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme, of which majority are in rural areas. SSA has supported States with funding for 15.06 lakh additional teachers, which has helped bring the Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) to 1:26 in 2013-14.
SSA also provides for in-service teacher training for a period up to 20 days, of which 10 days may be at Block level and 10 days at Cluster level in the form of monthly meeting. In addition, induction training is provided to newly appointed teachers for a period of 30 days. An expenditure of Rs. 6000/- per annum per teacher is being incurred in respect of untrained teachers through Open Distance Learning (ODL).
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