Education Secretary launches DIKSHA platform on Teacher's Day
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Tele24 News
Vinay
Kumar
Chandigarh
State Council of Education Research
and Training (SCERT), Sector 32, UT Chandigarh launched Chandigarh Diksha
(Digital Infrastructure for knowledge Sharing), an initiative of MHRD, GoI to
improve the quality of school education in the States/UTs. Sh. B.L. Sharma,
Education Secretary, UT Chandigarh, launched the DIKSHA platform on the
occasion of Teachers’ Day today. DIKSHA as a national digital Infrastructure
will provide common platform to the teachers and other stakeholders to share,
collaborate and contribute their work and achievements. It will also
ensure capacity building and continuous Teachers Professional Development
(TPD), Chandigarh DIKSHA has introduced Energised Text Books (ETB) with QR
codes for grades 3 to 10 making online content for these grades available in
English and Hindi medium. The platform will make variety of resources available
to teachers so that they use the one which is most appropriate to his/her
teaching style. The platform will also facilitate the learner to utilize
multiple resources for conceptual clarity and joyful learning. Chandigarh
DIKSHA has also introduced basic TPD course envisioning supplementing
teacher training with contextualize digital content. Sh.
Rubinderjit Singh Brar, Director School Education, and Sh. Surender S. Dahiya,
Director SCERT, UT Chandigarh were also present on this occasion.
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