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CBSE, in a bid to help teachers who are facing disruption in education due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, has launched a free online teacher training certificate program that can be taken by educators. The Central Board of Secondary Education says that this move will ensure the enhancement of professional development through digital means.
“Technology-enabled teacher development programs/training can take a very wide variety of forms, with concomitant advantages of convenience, scalability, and adaptability. Accordingly, CBSE conceptualized Technology-enabled Teachers training on a pilot basis from the 3rd week of April 2020 and conducted 500+ free-online training sessions by 15 CBSE–COEs. More than 35,000 Teachers and Principals from various parts of the country and abroad participated in these programs,” said a statement from CBSE.
What the Free Online Teacher Training Program by CBSE Consists Of
The board says that based on the overwhelming response they received from educators across the country, they will expand the teacher training program to encourage more teachers to participate in it. Each online training session will be one hour long, and an e-certificate will also be issued to participants. Attendance of five sessions will be considered as an entire day of training.
The Center of Excellence (COEs) assigned with the teacher training has planned nearly 1200 online sessions this month says CBSE. “Schools are requested to encourage their teachers to participate in the ongoing online training programmes being conducted by COEs and contact concerned CoE,” says CBSE. Foreign schools affiliated with the board may also participate in the online training.
The objective that CBSE aims to achieve through the free teacher training program is to help teachers of the country achieve improved learning outcomes, to upskill teachers with the latest knowledge, and to also help them refresh their existing knowledge and make it more practical. Those who wish to know more about the free online teacher training program by CBSE are advised to go through the notification in detail.