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NISHTHA stands for National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement.
The Government of India launched this program in 2019. But during the lockdown, HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal insists teachers, to upgrade their skills at home. The platform aims to improve the quality of school education. On the platform, there are various courses to train teachers. Further, the main teaching participants are the National Resource Groups (NRGs) and State Resource Groups (SRGs). With the use of MIS, they train, monitor and teach teachers to build their capacity. When it was launched, it aimed to reach over 42 lakh teachers.
What areas will NISHTHA programme improve?
The main aim of the portal is to improve the learning outcome of a student. This can be done when the teacher can create a more inclusive environment. The lessons will teach teachers to be more responsive to the social, emotional and psychological needs of students. Moreover, the lessons will also include teaching more technology-based and activity-based learning. Not just teachers, but the portal will also transform the Heads of Schools to provide academic and administrative leadership for the schools. This will help them to foster new initiatives for students.
Teaching Methodology
The portal will have educationists and subject experts from National level Institutions like the NCERT and NIEPA. The schools that have already enrolled include BRCs, CRCs, NGO Schools, KVs, NVs and CBSE schools. They will also see whether the interventions provided during the training programme reach to the classroom level. Additionally. all teachers, principals, block resource coordinators, cluster resource coordinators and faculty members can use this portal to upgrade themselves.
The portal and app use various pdfs and presentations (ppt) to teach. One can learn in English as well as Hindi. Certain courses are available in regional languages such as Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Odiya, Urdu, etc. You can join the training here, or access the workshops modules here.