NISHTHA Capacity Building Programme for EMRS Teachers and Principals

NISHTHA Capacity Building Programme for EMRS Teachers and Principals

Subject : Governance

Context : Ministry of Tribal Affairs and NCERT came together on a joint mission for NISHTHA Capacity Building Programme for EMRS Teachers and Principals.

Concept :

• The capacity building program is aimed to build competencies among teachers and school principals and Improving Quality of School Education through Integrated Teacher Training.
• The participants were capacitated on 18 holistic and comprehensive modules covering different aspects of education.
• The Ministry is devising a plan to build a pool of Key Resource Persons from amongst all the batches of NISHTHA programs to be conducted in the coming months.
• The “Unbox Tinkering – ATL Teacher Training Program” was also organized in coordination with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, IBM and Learning Links foundation.

NISHTHA Programme

• It is a National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement.
• It was launched by the Department of School Education and Literacy.
• It is a National Mission which aims to improve learning outcomes at the elementary level through an Integrated Teacher Training Programme.
• It is developed under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of SamagraShiksha in 2019-20.
• It aims to build competencies among all the teachers and school principals at the elementary stage.
• Its basic objective is to motivate and equip teachers to encourage and foster critical thinking in students.

Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs)

• It was started in 1997 to impart quality education to ST children in remote areas.
• It will enable ST children to avail of opportunities in high and professional educational courses and get employment in various sectors.
• Each school has a capacity of 480 students, catering to students from Class VI to XII.
• The grants were given for construction of schools and recurring expenses to the State Governments under Grants under Article 275 (1) of the Constitution.
• By 2022, every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons, will have an EMRS.
• It will be on par with NavodayaVidyalaya and will have special facilities for preserving local art and culture besides providing training in sports and skill development.