J&K LG Calls for capacity building of teachers

The Lt Governor was chairing a review meeting of the School Education Department here at Civil Secretariat.

The Lt Governor asked the School Education Department to identify High-Performer Teachers who shall work as a member of this Special Task Force.

This new initiative will develop a sense of empowerment amongst teachers; making them more responsible and accountable towards their duty, besides improving student’s enrolment and performance. The committee shall also aim towards integrating secular and democratic values in teachers as well as students, added the Lt Governor.

Terming education as a catalyst for the growth and development of the Nation, the Lt Governor underlined the importance of making new educational reforms so that no one remains deprived of education.

We are working to bring reformative improvements in the education sector to achieve the bigger goal of “Education for All”. The government is taking comprehensive measures to bridge the Social and  Gender Gaps in School Education, besides ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels to improve J&K’s  Literacy Rate, observed the Lt Governor.

The meeting was informed that J&K topped the country under National Initiative for School Heads and  Teachers Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA) programme with 80,600 Elementary Teachers Trained through online mode using the DIKSHA portal.

Emphasizing on Capacity Building of teachers, the Lt Governor asked the School Education Department to rationalize the pupil-teacher ratio, besides conducting regular training of teachers in order to make them acquainted with the know-how of the modern educational tools which will go a long way in improving the quality of education and enhancing learning outcomes.

Take requisite measures to strengthen the Pre-primary education ecosystem in the UT. Incorporate students' feedback to make qualitative improvements in the assessment of the students’ feedback system for evaluating the performances of teachers, the Lt Governor asked the officials.

Reiterating directions passed previously, the Lt Governor asked the School Education Department to include stories of real heroes of J&K in textbooks to make the new generation aware of their life history.

He passed the necessary directions pertaining to effective implementation of centrally sponsored schemes; ensuring water, electricity and sanitation facilities, besides attendance in every school.