Ministry of Education inaugurates Shikshak Parv to take NEP forward, award teachers
Anu Parthiban | September 7, 2022 | 08:50 AM IST | 2 mins read
The ministers presented the "CBSE Honour for Excellence in Teaching and School Leadership 2021-22 awards" to 19 principals and teachers of CBSE schools.
New Delhi: Union ministers Annapurna Devi and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh on Tuesday inaugurated Shikshak Parv 2022 which is being celebrated to felicitate teachers and to take the National Education Policy (NEP 2020) forward. The beginning of Shikshak Parv was marked with an inaugural conclave organised by the ministry of education, CBSE, AICTE and the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship.
Addressing the gathering, the minister of state (MoS) for education Annapurna Devi said, "Teachers are looked upon as role models by children and they play an important role in shaping students’ characters and building a value-based society."
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Stating that the government is laying emphasis on teachers through its various central schemes like Samagra Shiksha and PM-Poshan, she said, "Under NEP 2020, teachers will have to work on the future action plan as per the concept of integrated and multidisciplinary approach. Strong cooperation and coordination of a teacher is the key and an inspiration for building the skills and character of the students."
Rajkumar Ranjan Singh said that the teachers whether in schools or in higher education share a common goal and the objective of such honours was to recognize teaching distinction, best practices, academic leadership and institution building.
The ministers presented the "CBSE Honour for Excellence in Teaching and School Leadership 2021-22 awards" to 19 principals and teachers from CBSE-affiliated schools.
The awardees were selected based on academic and professional accomplishments, contribution to the community, innovative teaching practices, impact on comprehensive growth of students and an interview with the national-level screening-cum-selection committee.
They also conferred AICTE’s National Technical Teachers Award 2022 to 14 faculty members including a supernumerary award in the PWD/ Divyang category selected after a rigorous, comprehensive and three phase evaluation by a team of distinguished experts, these 14 awardees have been selected from AICTE approved institutions in India.
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) instituted the National Technical Teachers Award (NTTA) to identify and felicitate extraordinary teachers, teaching excellence, institutional leadership, innovativeness and creativity.
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