CBSE Set To Launch Free Online Teaching Programme To Improve Learning Outcomes

After receiving an overwhelming response to the pilot online training sessions rolled out in the 3rd week of April by the Central Board of Secondary education (CBSE), the board has taken an imperative call. It is set to roll out a free-of-cost teaching programme to improve learning outcomes in changing education times.   

In the wake of COVID-19, the pilot course was held over 500 free-online training sessions, which were participated by over 35,000 teachers and principals from across the country and abroad. This indicated the need for teachers to learn how to catch up with the changing scenario of virtual education. Along with the students, the sudden entire shift to online has been difficult for teachers as well. And, keeping this mind CBSE wants to now provide them teaching methods to improve learning outcomes through its teaching programme.

On the successful completion of this free-of-cost course, teachers will also receive an e-certificate. In an official announcement, CBSE stated, "It is clear that this pandemic has utterly disrupted an education system that many assert was already losing its relevance. Enhancing professional development digitally is a need in the times of Covid-19, where social distancing and remote interactions are the new normal."

The objectives of the CBSE online teacher training programmes as outlined in the official notification are:

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1. Enable teachers to teach better and lead improved learning outcomes.

2. Continuously instil new knowledge and skills as per the demand so as to keep them at par with what is expected.

3. Help teachers revise and refresh the knowledge that has already been provided to them in their regular training and makes it more crisp and practical. 

The online programmes will be carried out by the expertise of CBSE Centre of Excellences (CoE). "Each Online Training session will be for a one-hour duration; there will be no participation fee; e-certificate shall be issued to the participants; attending five sessions may be considered as one day of training as per Affiliation Bye-Law," said the official CBSE notification.

The official notification mentions that online teacher training classes will comprise several sessions, each being an hour-long, with 1200 online sessions planned alone for the month of May. Attending and learning from 5 sessions will be counted as a single day of the teacher training class.

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A set of guidelines has been provided in the notification. They are:

• Contact concerned Centre of Excellence (CoE) for the registration
• CoE shall send an invitation email to the registered participants on a first-come-first-serve basis.
• On receipt of the invitation link for an online session, please click on YES button.
• Don't share invite link with others.
• Please keep logged in with the same email, you had registered for the session (on computer system/smartphone), and then join the online session by clicking on the INVITATION LINK.
• Please join the session by clicking the Join Meeting/Join Now button. Do not click on the PRESENT button, this is for the presenter i.e. resource person.
• Ensure your Microphone is muted and the Camera is in OFF condition before joining the online session.
• Check your earphone/headphone is connected and working properly otherwise you will not be able to hear the instruction of resource person properly.
• Please make sure your microphone is muted during the session and follow the instructions given by the Resource Person.
• Please make use of CHATBOX to raise any questions or reply to any query made by the Resource Person.
• Please ensure the screen of the resource person is always pinned. Take your cursor to the screen of the resource person, click on the pin button.
• In case you are struggling in viewing the screen properly or facing any difficulty, please leave the session and join again, by clicking Join Meeting/Join now.
• All participants are requested to fill the attendance cum feedback form before leaving the session. Link of the same will be shared in the chatbox during the live session.
• Participants have to attend the entire session to be eligible for e-Certificate.

You can check more details about the programme here: http://cbse.nic.in/newsite/attach/Circular_COE.pdf