Minister of Tribal Affairs has launched ‘Adi Prashikshan Portal’

Minister of Tribal Affairs has launched ‘Adi Prashikshan Portal’

Subject: Government Schemes

Context: Recently, the Minister of Tribal Affairs has launched ‘Adi Prashikshan Portal’ and inaugurated a training programme on “Capacity Building Training of Master Trainers for ST PRI Members” as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

Concept:

About Adi Prashikshan Portal

• It would be a repository of all training programmes conducted by the Ministry, TRIs, COEs and EMRS, upcoming NTRI and TRIFED.
• It will have data base of trainees, trainers and resource persons.
• The trainees will have access to course material even after completion of training.
• The portal has been developed by Ministry of Tribal Affairs in collaboration with UNDP and TRI-Odisha.

Significance of Adi Prashikshan Portal

• It should be interactive and should also include feedback in the form of actual experiences of the PRIs in implementation which will also help to improve the programme.
• It is intended to reach remotest areas with ‘knowledge packets’ using information technology (IT).
• It is an effort to bring Training Institutions/ Organizations, Experts and Trainers together for addressing thematic knowledge gaps among Tribal PRIs, Communities, Officials and various other stakeholders involved in tribal area development.
• It will transform the various ongoing training initiatives under different units of the Ministry like TRIs, COEs and converge the initiatives for better skill and knowledge building.
• It will also catalyze and improve the processes of conducting training by making it online and accessible to all.