Lok Sabha Question No. 955 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: NISHTHA Programme During CORONA
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 955 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26th July, 2021

## NISHTHA Programme During CORONA

## † 955.  SHRIMATI RATHVA GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  in  view  of  online  teaching  methodology  adopted  during  the  times  of  Corona pandemic, the online teaching skills are being imparted to the teachers under NISHTHA so that online teaching can be further improved;
- (b) the number of teachers already imparted with training under this;
- (c) whether any mechanism has been provided therein to assess and guage the performance of trained teachers;
- (d) if  so,  whether  any  special  provisions  have  been  made  therein  to  provide  assistance  to Divyang students and children; and
- (e) if so, the type of content added therein?

## ANSWER

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a)  &  (b):      Due  to  COVID-19  challenges  and  in  order  to  provide  continuous  professional development  opportunities  to  the  teachers  at  the  elementary  level,  this  Department  has launched NISHTHA online using DIKSHA platform in October 2020. Around 24 lakh teachers have  completed  NISHTHA  online  training  at  elementary  level  by  June,  2021.  Under NISHTHA,  a  module  on  integrating  ICT  in  teaching,  learning  and  assessment  has  been introduced.  Further,  NCERT  initiated  a  webinar  series  from  April,  2020  focussing  on orientation  of  teachers,  students  and  other  stakeholders  on  use  of  various  ICT  tools,  digital initiatives and emerging trends in educational technology, cyber safety and security.
- (c) to (e):   Assessment is in-built in every Module and Online Certificates are automatically generated  for  participants  after  completion  of  the  course.  Module  1  of  NISHTHA  is

specifically  on  'Curriculum,  Learner  Centred  Pedagogy,  Learning  Outcomes  and  Inclusive Education',  wherein  the  pedagogies  for  achieving  the  learning  outcomes  for  all  children  have been specified, namely,  role of teachers in creating    inclusive  classrooms  and  Teacher's  skillsaccept  and  address  diversity,  gender  sensitive  education,  inclusion  in  teaching  of  different subjects and assessment for inclusive environment.  Further, it also includes   content on assistive technologies, digital resources for DIVYANG children etc.  NCERT has developed guidelines  on specific  goal  of  developing  teaching-learning  e-content  for  Children  with  Special  Needs.  At Present the following contents in English and Hindi Medium in the form of Text, Video and Sign Language are available on DIKSHA Platform for the benefit of the Learners:

- NCERT and NIOS have also developed e content for visually impaired children and uploaded on DIKSHA.
- 21 subjects of Secondary level comprising 763 content pieces
- 32 subjects of Senior Secondary level comprising 1333 content pieces
- 191 videos in ISL medium for 7 subjects of Secondary and Senior Secondary level.

Following  initiatives  have  also  been  undertaken  by  NIOS  for  creation  of  content  for DIVYANG children:

- (i) NIOS is delivering one-hour live programme in Indian Sign Language twice a week on PM e-Vidya 10 TV Channel since September 2020.
- (ii) NIOS delivers 3 hours live video programmes every day on PM e-vidya 10 and 12 channels for providing continuous learning support for learners at the Secondary and Senior  Secondary  level  including  Vocational  Courses  and  Indian  Sign  Language based content.
- (iii) Sign  Language  Dictionary  comprising  of  36  videos  of  about  2000  words  and sentences.

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