Why in news?
National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA) programme has been launched for the first time in online mode in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Aim:
- National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic advancement is a capacity building programme for improving the quality of school education through integrated teacher training.
- It aims to build competencies among all the teachers and school principals at the elementary stage.
Implementation:
- The functionaries (at the state, district, block level) will be trained in an integrated manner on learning outcomes, school based assessment, learner – centred pedagogy, new initiatives in education, addressing diverse needs of children through multiple pedagogies, etc.
- It is being organized by constituting National Resource Groups (NRGs) and State Resource Groups (SRGs) at the National and the State level who will be training 42 lakhs teachers subsequently.