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Over 56 lakh school teachers to be trained through NISHTHA in 2021-2022
Over 56 lakh school teachers to be trained through NISHTHA in 2021-2022
As a part of the Union Budget 2021-2022 announcement, as many as 56 lakh school teachers will be trained through NISHTHA, a teacher training programme.
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UPDATED: February 13, 2021 03:01 IST
As per the Union Budget 2021-2022 announcement, during the year, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, more than 30 lakh elementary school teachers were trained digitally, covering the whole gamut of education. Taking this further, in 2021-22, training of 56 lakh school teachers will be enabled through NISHTHA.
What is NISHTHA?
NISHTHA National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement is an Integrated Teacher Training Programme aimed at improving learning outcomes at the Elementary level. It was launched by the Department of School Education and Literacy on August 21, 2019.
The National President , Association For Formidable Educational Development (AFED), Mr. Orji Kanu Emmanuel,flanked by the Buckingham University-AFED Teacher Training Programme Manager, Dr. Daramola ibukun(right) and other content developers and consultants to the project during the launch of Bukingham-AFED pilot teacher training programme held in Lagos. recently
By nFunmi Ogundare
The Vice Chancellor , University of Burkingham, UK, Professor James Tooley has said that there are about 2.1 million children currently receiving education in 14,000 low cost private schools in Nigeria. Seventy per cent of this figure, he said, are pre-school and primary school age children.
Tooley disclosed this, weekend, at the launch of Bukingham-Association for Formidable Educational Development (AFED) pilot teacher training programme, aimed at expanding qualitative and affordable education to every Nigerian child. He expressed excitement that AFED schools are sprawling all over Africa and sub-Sahara