Factly #1014 NISHTHA:National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement (26th January,2020)

News:Union Minister of Human Resource Development has inaugurated NISHTHA programme for the teachers of Jammu and Kashmir.

Facts:

About NISHTHA Programme:

• NISHTHA is a capacity building programme for improving the quality of School Education through Integrated Teacher Training.

• Aim:To train teachers and school principals at the elementary stage so that they can encourage and foster critical thinking in students.

• The training will be conducted by Key Resource Persons(KRPs) and State Resource Persons (SRP) identified by the State and UTs.

Coverage:The programme aims to build the capacities of around 42 lakh participants covering

• all teachers and heads of elementary Government schools 

• faculty members of State Councils of Educational Research and Training(SCERTs) and District Institutes of Education and Training(DIETs) and 

• Block Resource Coordinators and Cluster Resource Coordinators in all States and UTs

Expected outcomes of the programme:

• Improvement in learning outcomes of the students.

• Teachers are trained to use Art as pedagogy leading to increased creativity and innovation among students.

• Integration of ICT in teaching learning and assessment.

• Transformation of the Heads of Schools into providing academic and administrative leadership for the schools for fostering new initiatives among others.