CBSE asked teachers to complete the free online training on Experiential Learning and Competency-based Education on the DIKSHA portal by March 20, 2021
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked principals of all the CBSE-affiliated schools to encourage the teachers to complete the free online training on Experiential Learning and Competency-based Education on the DIKSHA portal by March 20, 2021.
The training is mandatory for all the teachers and principals to complete as per the requirement of the New Education Policy. Teachers have to complete both the courses before the deadline and submit the compliance report online on or before March 31.
A notice regarding this was issued by Dr Biswajit Saha, CBSE Director (Training & Skill Education) to affiliated schools and uploaded on the official website of the board.
As per the notice, so far, 65,931 Teachers & Principals have completed the course on Experiential Learning, and Competency-based learning has been completed by 8,743 Teachers & Principals.
Teachers must install DIKSHA app on their smartphones to complete the training. Alternatively, teachers can also access the DIKSHA portal on the web (desktop/laptop). The direct links to access the training module are given in the official notice of CBSE.
About the course
The course aims to share multisensory pedagogic processes involved in experiential learning, sensitize educators to implement it in their classrooms, and make learning more joyful, reflective and multidisciplinary. The module includes series of webinars conducted by CBSE to familiarize the principals and teachers with the content, processes, and objectives of the course.
To promote competency based education in schools, CBSE has developed an Interactive online course on Competency based education for the teachers and school leaders, said Saha.
He added that the course is divided into four modules, designed to deepen educators’ understanding around the best practices in competency based teaching, learning, assessment design and processes underlying CBE models.
The training is mandatory for all the teachers and principals to complete as per the requirement of the New Education Policy. Teachers have to complete both the courses before the deadline and submit the compliance report online on or before March 31.
A notice regarding this was issued by Dr Biswajit Saha, CBSE Director (Training & Skill Education) to affiliated schools and uploaded on the official website of the board.
As per the notice, so far, 65,931 Teachers & Principals have completed the course on Experiential Learning, and Competency-based learning has been completed by 8,743 Teachers & Principals.
Teachers must install DIKSHA app on their smartphones to complete the training. Alternatively, teachers can also access the DIKSHA portal on the web (desktop/laptop). The direct links to access the training module are given in the official notice of CBSE.
About the course
The course aims to share multisensory pedagogic processes involved in experiential learning, sensitize educators to implement it in their classrooms, and make learning more joyful, reflective and multidisciplinary. The module includes series of webinars conducted by CBSE to familiarize the principals and teachers with the content, processes, and objectives of the course.
To promote competency based education in schools, CBSE has developed an Interactive online course on Competency based education for the teachers and school leaders, said Saha.
He added that the course is divided into four modules, designed to deepen educators’ understanding around the best practices in competency based teaching, learning, assessment design and processes underlying CBE models.