NISHTHA courses must for all class 9-12 teacher of CBSE schools
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked all the principals of its affiliated schools (around 25,902) to ensure completion of National Initiatives for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA) courses by secondary level (Class 9-12) teachers as per the timetable shared by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), according to CBSE officials.
NISHTHA, a holistic programme under Samagra Shiksha and a flagship programme of the Union Ministry of Education, was launched in 2020. Courses rolled out under NISHTHA programme are centered around learning outcomes and learnercentered pedagogy and have been customised in online mode.
NCERT is conducting these courses for secondary stage (Class 9 to 12) across the country through DIKSHA portal, they added.
“A recent missive addressed to principals by director (Training and Skill Education) Biswajit Saha has been received in this regard. The letter also provides links and lists the steps for the teachers to register and access the courses available in English and Hindi mediums on DIKSHA, a platform launched to act as national digital infrastructure for teachers,” informed Jaya Singh, principal of DP Public School, a CBSE affiliated intermediate-level school in Katra.
She said that class 9 to 12 teachers had been asked to complete the course as desired and a review would be undertaken within the next few days to assess the progress in this regard.
Lauding the move, principal of Cbse-affiliated MPVM Ganga Gurukulam, Phaphamau Alpona Dey, said that teachers had been urged to enroll for the courses and complete it as needed.
“Separate links as per language preference for different category of affiliated schools like one for CBSE independent private schools and another on Central Tibetan School Adm tration (CTSA), Atomic En Education Society (AEES), E vya Model Residential Sch (EMRS), Sainik Schools and ernment-aided CBSE sch have been provided, besid link for downloading the SHA App,” she shared.
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