India’s 20,500 private teacher education/training colleges constituting 93% of the total school teachers training capacity available in the country are up in arms as announcement of the new National Policy on Education is round the corner. Their apprehension is that if recommendations contained in the draft NEP are in reality reflected in the new policy, it will spell a death …

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ presenting the awards, at inauguration of the International Conference on Journey of Teacher Education: Local to Global, in New Delhi on August 17, 2019. The Secretary (Department of School & Literacy), Smt. Rina Ray and other dignitaries are also seen. The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) as a …

The revised class X syllabus introduced by the government of Maharashtra this year is a new experience for teachers as well. So, teacher orientation is needed. Taking an initiative to support teachers from Mumbai, Satara, Jalgaon, Pune, Kolhapur, Palghar and Nashik, Navneet Foundation recently organized  a training program in Mumbai to orient them on how to handle the new English textbook. The Training Program focused on English …