- By Ritesh Kumar
- Sun, 30 Jul 2023 04:02 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday made an announcement that it has signed 15 memorandums of understanding (MOUs) aimed at promoting Skill Education, Assessment, and Capacity Building of teachers.
To ensure students acquire a diverse set of expertise and have access to quality infrastructure and exposure to emerging technologies, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has signed with Sector Skill Providers. These include organizations such as Atal Innovation Mission, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Apparel Made-ups and Home Furnishing Sector Skill Council, Automotive Sector Skill Council, Sports, Physical Education, Fitness and Leisure Skills Council, Logistics Sector Skill Council, Furniture and Fittings Sector Skill Council, Life Sciences Sector Skill Council, Textiles Sector Skill Council, and Healthcare Sector Skill Council.
These Sector Skill Councils will play a crucial role in preparing skill modules and study materials for skill subjects at various levels, organising competitions/Hackathons for students, and providing training for teachers.
“The Central Square Foundation (CSF) will Support CBSE in SAFAL, a competency-based census assessment as recommended in the NEP for grades 3, 5, 8 for school development. The partners will Prepare quality competency-based assessments for Conducting SAFAL for grades 3, 5, 8,” reads the notification.
The board has informed that Educational Initiatives Pvt. Ltd and Oxford University Press India will collaborate to create training manuals for the development of Competency Based Capacity Building Programme (CBP) aimed at teachers in English, Maths, Science, and Social Science subjects.