Shikshak Parv

 

Relevance

• GS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

 

Context

• Shikshak Parv is being organised by the Ministry of Education from 7^th to 17^th September 2021 to recognise the contributions of teachers and take steps to implement the National Education Policy.
• Recently, Prime Minister addressed the inaugural conclave of Shikshak Parv.

 

Key initiatives launched

• Indian Sign Language Dictionary
  • Audio and text embedded sign language video for the hearing impaired, in conformity with Universal Design of Learning.
• Talking Books
  • Audiobooks for the visually impaired
• School Quality Assurance and Assessment Framework of CBSE
  • It would address the deficiency of the absence of a common scientific framework for dimensions like curricula, pedagogy, assessment, infrastructure, inclusive practices and governance process.
  • SQAAF will help in bridging this inequality.
• NISHTHA teachers’ training programme for NIPUN Bharat
  • NISHTHA is a capacity building programme for improving quality of school education through integrated teacher training.
  • NIPUN was launched for ensuring that every child in the country necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27.
• Vidyanjali portal:
  • For facilitating education volunteers/ donors/ CSR contributors for school development.
  • Under this, private sector come forward and contribute to increasing the quality of education in government schools.
• National Digital Architecture
• N-DEAR will act as a ‘super-connect’ between various academic activities in the same way as UPI interface revolutionized the banking sector.
• It is likely to play a major role in eradicating inequality in education and its modernization.

 

 

Other recent initiatives

• Government has launched Samara Shiksha Scheme 2.0 is an integrated scheme for school education covering the entire gamut from pre-school to class XII.
• Recently, government has various programs on the occasion of the first anniversary of National Education Policy.