Education Ministry Launches ‘World’s Largest Teachers’ Training Programme

Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched the NISHTHA or National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement, an initiative to improve Learning Outcomes at the elementary level, today here. Touted as the world’s largest teachers’ training programme of its kind in the world, basic objective of this programme ‘is to motivate and equip teachers to encourage and foster critical thinking in students’ according to the education minister.

The training modules for NISHTHA have been developed through a consultative 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 ministry statement said………..