NISHTHA Teachers Training Programme - National initiative for School Heads Teachers Holistic Advancement - Pradhan mantri Yojana

On 02.09.2019 the central government announced NISHTHA Teachers Training Programme improve learning outcomes at the elementary level through an Integrated Teacher Training Programme called NISHTHA under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha in 2109-20.

NISHTHA is a capacity building programme for "Improving Quality of School Education through Integrated Teacher Training". It aims to build competencies among all the teachers and school principals at the elementary stage. NISHTHA is the world's largest teachers' training programme of its kind.The basic objective of this massive training programme is to motivate and equip teachers to encourage and foster critical thinking in students. The initiative is first of its kind wherein standardized training modules are developed at national level for all States and UTs.

 


Highlights of NISHTHA

- Capacity building of 4.2 million teachers

- Integrated training of principals/heads as key academic support

- Focus on competency and higher order thinking skills based teaching learning

- Training of all heads and teachers as first level counselors

- Promoting experiential and joyful learning

- Awareness of centrally sponsored schemes/initiatives

- Online monitoring and support system

- Convergence of multi-departmental efforts

- Activity based training modules


 


Features of NISHTHA

Course Material

Topic outline
Module 1: Curriculum, Learner centered Pedagogy, Learning Outcomes and Inclusive Education

Module 2: Developing Social - Personal Qualities and Creating Safe and Healthy School Environment

Module 3: Art Integrated Learning

Module 4: School Based Assessment

Module 5: Health and Well-being in Schools

Module 6: Integration of ICT in Teaching-Learning and Assessment

Module 7: Initiatives in School Education

Module 8: Pedagogy of Environmental Studies (Primary Stage)

Module 9: Pedagogy of Mathematics

Module 10: Pedagogy of Languages

Module 11: Pedagogy of Science (Upper Primary Stage)

Module 12 Pedagogy of Social Sciences (Upper Primary Stage)

 

Introduction to the Package for School Leadership Development

Module 13: School Leadership : Concepts and Application

Module 14: Pre-School Education

Module 15: Pre-Vocational Education

Module 16: Relevance of Gender Dimensions in Teaching and Learning Process

Module 17: Initiative in School Education

Module 18: Workshop Schedule and Session Design

 

Current Activities

Website Tutorials

Resources

Training Reports

Showcase Practices

 

Expected Outcomes of NISHTHA


- Improvement in learning outcomes of the students

- Creation of an enabling and enriching inclusive classroom environment

- Teachers are trained as first level counselors to be alert and responsive to the social, emotional and psychological need of students

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

- Teachers are trained to develop and strengthen personal-social qualities of students for their holistic development

- Creation of healthy and safe school environment

- Integration of ICT in teaching-learning and assessment

- Develop stress-free School Based Assessment focused on development of learning competencies

- Teachers adopt Activity Based Learning and move away from rote learning to competency based learning

- Teachers and School Heads become aware of new initiatives in school education

- Transformation of the heads of schools for providing academic and administrative leadership in the schools for fostering new initiatives
 

 

Offline Course Models - Generic

- Curriculum, Learner-centered Pedagogy, Learning Outcomes and Inclusive Education

- Improving Social-personal Qualities and Creating Safe and Healthy School Environment

- Art Integrated Learning

- School Based Assessment

- Health and Well Being

- Integration of ICT in Teacher-Learning and Assessment

 

Website: https://www.india.gov.in/spotlight/nishtha