NCERT organises capacity-building programme for teacher-trainers in Patna

Patna, Oct 27 (INB) The NCERT has organised a five-day capacity-building programme in Patna to strengthen teacher-training institutions in eastern India, with 70 participants from five states and Union Territories taking part, it said on Tuesday. The programme, being held at the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Bihar, from October 26 to 30, aims to empower teacher-trainers from District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) and SCERTs, the Council said in an X post. Participants from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal are attending sessions on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the National Curriculum Framework for the Foundational Stage (NCFFS) 2022 and the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE) 2023. The programme also focuses on the plan to transform DIETs into Centres of Excellence under the Samagra Shiksha scheme. States are sharing educational innovations, while an educational visit to the Bihar Museum has also been proposed, it stated. At the inaugural session, NCERT Department of Teacher Education head Prof Sharad Sinha and SCERT Bihar Joint Director Dr Surendra Kumar stressed the need for teacher-trainers to work towards implementing NEP 2020 and empowering students. Sinha described DIETs as central to the district education system and discussed an action plan for developing them into Centres of Excellence. NCERT Joint Director Prof Prakashchandra Agrawal highlighted the role of teachers and teacher-trainers in the teaching-learning process and encouraged the adoption of experience-based teaching methods. The programme is being coordinated by Dr Jitendra Kumar Patidar of NCERT, New Delhi, while SCERT Patna Assistant Coordinator Dr Nidhi Priya delivered the vote of thanks.