Question: When did the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smriti Zubin Irani had launched ‘Prashikshak’ – a teacher education portal?
(a) 28 June 2016
(b) 29 June 2016
(c) 30 June 2016
(d) 01 July 2016
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 30 June 2016 the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smriti Zubin Irani dedicated ‘Prashikshak’ – a teacher education portal, to the nation at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi.
- ‘Prashikshak’ is launched with a vision to strengthen District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) and bring quality teachers into the Indian school education system.
- It will cover block level institutes in the future and identify gaps at the bottom of the pyramid.
- There is a plans for enhancing “Prashikshak” to cover all Govt. Teacher Education Institutions in the country, which are recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education.
- “Prashikshak” was established through joint collaboration between Ministry of Human Resource Development and Central Square Foundation.
- The objective of “Prashikshak” is to define quality benchmarks and help DIETs to make informed decisions about their institutes, compare the performance of their institute against other DIETs in the state/country as well as helping aspiring teachers make informed decision making.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=146688