GUJARAT TET 2 BHARTI 2018 RELATED NEWS REPORT
Rather than beginning with a description of prior educational accomplishments and proceeding in
chronological order, the speaker first focuses on the person’s cur-rent
academic studies and goals, placing the subject in a specific area of expertise
within the academic community. Then the speaker shifts back in time to past
educa-tional experience. At this point, the speaker will likely organize
information about this topicchronologically. Because the person being
introduced has no work experience, the speaker chose three other categories to
highlight, beginning with specificeducational accomplishments, such as winning
a science award. Next, the speaker discusses extracurricular activities, such
as being a member of a school club or sports team, and hobbies, such as
jewelry-making or building model planes. Last, the speaker mentions
non-academic community volunteer work. The speaker’s organizational strategy
for these last three sections will likely be listing.
The last few years have seen a steady
increase in adoption of smartphones, and the true power of this telecom
revolution is becoming increasingly apparent. This is a device which is
changing lives. One clear example of this is the ‘JAM’ (Jan Dhan―Aadhaar―Mobile)
which has brought millions of people into the formal banking sector whilst
simultaneously reducing transaction costs, increasing tax collection and
improving customer experience.
At MHRD, we currently have the opportunity to
catalyse a similar revolution in education. The National Teacher Platform (NTP)
is a step in this direction. As our teachers gain access to a smartphone, the
potential impact of mobile-based solutions increases. My interactions with
hundreds of teachers, teacher educators and administrators give me hope that we
are already in the right direction towards achieving this impact. I have seen
teachers innovating tech-based solutions in their own classrooms, teachers
connecting with each other to share information and resources via statewide
WhatsApp groups and tech-savvy leaders building portals to enable the sharing
of resources. All of this indicates that there is a massive demand for
high-quality, relevant technology-based solutions which address the day-to-day
problems of these teachers.
National Teacher Platform (NTP) is the first
in a series of such innovations, which needs to be integrated into existing
structures and systems to ensure widespread adoption. NTP leverages the
benefits of open-source software and provides states with the freedom and
flexibility to design contextually relevant solutions. By ensuring that all
content on NTP is openly licensed, MHRD will set the standard for collaboratively
working with various stakeholders to radically transform teacher education. NTP
will provide teachers with convenient, personalised, need-based materials and
tools, which enable them to take ownership of their own development to a
greater extent than ever before. I strongly believe NTP will be the cornerstone
of India’s teacher education system for many years to come.
The role of ‘Our Teachers, Our
Heroes’ is paramount in defining the quality of education. The National Council
for Teacher Education (NCTE) at its core believes that our teachers should be
empowered in order to transform education in India.
A crucial element of this is
about providing our teachers with a seamless environment for learning and
professional development. Our aim through the NTP is to enable this for all
teachers in all schools and for all teacher educators and student teachers in
all Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs).While participation in the NTP is
voluntary for teachers in schools, for teacher educators and student teachers
in TEI it is mandatory. NCTE is issuing instructions to this effect.
Besides the NTP, at NCTE we are also
making efforts to ensure that the information asymmetry currently existing in
the market for teacher education and school education is addressed. For teacher
education, we are doing this by benchmarking TEIs through a national
accreditation and ranking exercise that accounts for:
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