- Scheme: National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement
- Launched by: Ministry of Human Resource Development
- Inaugurated by: Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education Department, Sarita Chauhan.
- Aim: improving the quality of learning at Elementary level through integrated Teacher Training.
Key points:
- The purpose of this programme is to encourage and equip teachers to motivate and boost critical thinking in students.
- Also, it builds 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.
- Under this programme, the teachers will flourish their skills in various directions related to
- Learning Outcomes
- School Safety and Security
- ICT (information and communication technologies) in teaching and learning including Artificial Intelligence
- Environmental Concerns and
- School-Based Assessment
- Key Resource Persons (KRPs) and State Resource Persons (SRP) who are identified by the State and UTs will supervise the training.
- For this purpose, the Key Resource Persons (KRPs) will be trained by 120 National Resource Persons identified from National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
- This programme has been launched in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and a total of 86000 Elementary teachers of Government Schools being trained under the programme.
- The first phase of this programme has been arranged from 14th November to 18th November 2019 at University of Jammu.
Question:
Q: 1. The director of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)?A. Shri S.K. Ray
B. Shri G.K. Taneja
C. Hrushikesh Senapaty
D. Ramesh Pokhriyal
Answer: Option C
Q: 2. National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) established in the year:
A. 1961
B. 1962
C. 1960
D. 1860
Answer: Option A
Explanation: It was established in 1961 as a literary, scientific and charitable Society under the Societies' Registration Act (Act XXI of 1860).
