Dear friends,
The story in Times of India today about utilizing services of retired teachers should make welcome reading. We need to draw on their experience and good qualifications to strengthen our systems. Let us extend this principle to other sectors of the Indian economy as well, while seeking a clear roadmap for employment of the young.
Sugan Bhatia
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Government plans second innings for retired teachers
The human resource development (HRD) ministry has decided to run a pilot project in 18 states in cooperation with the state governments to enlist retired teachers/exservicemen as teachers purely on a voluntary basis.
TNN | Feb 9, 2016, 05.40 AM IST NEW DELHI: The human resource development (HRD) ministry has decided to run a pilot project in 18 states in cooperation with the state governments to enlist retired teachers/exservicemen as teachers purely on a voluntary basis.
Based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's idea of making use of the country's large retired population, the proposal was mooted at a meeting of state education ministers on teacher education.
"These voluntary teachers will be over and above regular teachers. They will not even be in lieu of vacancies of school teachers across states," a senior ministry official said. A mobile app will be developed by the HRD ministry in collaboration with MyGov to enlist citizens who are willing to volunteer as teachers.
The meeting also decided to constitute a committee to suggest ways to institutionalise an internship of teacher education programmes in government schools. The committee includes state education secretaries of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Tripura and representatives of NCTE and KVS. The internship will be for 20 weeks, at the end of which the school will provide feedback on the teaching aptitude of the trainees.
The HRD ministry has also taken an initiative to develop an accreditation/grading framework for Teacher Education Institutions so as to provide an idea of the quality of institutes. A committee has been constituted to develop the framework.
In April-May, 2016, workshop for educational administrators in higher education will be organised by the UGC in five regions across the country. Modules for these workshops will be developed by IIMs. These modules may be adopted by state governments which can carry the process forward by organising similar workshops. It was also decide d that NCERT will conduct a review of States Council of Educational Research and Training and District Institute of Education and Training and prepare a roadmap for strengthening of these institutes. UGC will similarly undertake training of college principals.
Based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's idea of making use of the country's large retired population, the proposal was mooted at a meeting of state education ministers on teacher education.
"These voluntary teachers will be over and above regular teachers. They will not even be in lieu of vacancies of school teachers across states," a senior ministry official said. A mobile app will be developed by the HRD ministry in collaboration with MyGov to enlist citizens who are willing to volunteer as teachers.
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A very good move as it will supplement teachers in many places. It will also keep the retired people buzy with some goal... Read MoreA very good move as it will supplement teachers in many places. It will also keep the retired people buzy with some goals, rather than wasting their knowledge and time. After retirement many get old and sick very fast because of nothing to doSubramanian xxxxxxThe meeting also decided to constitute a committee to suggest ways to institutionalise an internship of teacher education programmes in government schools. The committee includes state education secretaries of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Tripura and representatives of NCTE and KVS. The internship will be for 20 weeks, at the end of which the school will provide feedback on the teaching aptitude of the trainees.
The HRD ministry has also taken an initiative to develop an accreditation/grading framework for Teacher Education Institutions so as to provide an idea of the quality of institutes. A committee has been constituted to develop the framework.
In April-May, 2016, workshop for educational administrators in higher education will be organised by the UGC in five regions across the country. Modules for these workshops will be developed by IIMs. These modules may be adopted by state governments which can carry the process forward by organising similar workshops. It was also decide d that NCERT will conduct a review of States Council of Educational Research and Training and District Institute of Education and Training and prepare a roadmap for strengthening of these institutes. UGC will similarly undertake training of college principals.
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