CBSE To Conduct Professional Development Programme For Teachers, Principals

To help teachers update their competencies and make them stress-free during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct free online training sessions for teachers from May, 2021.

To help teachers update their competencies and make them stress-free during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct free online training sessions for teachers from May, 2021. Sessions in this online Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme will focus on “various aspects of teaching-learning practices, innovative pedagogies, integration of life skills in classrooms and everyday life, integration of arts, sports and ICT in classrooms, blended learning, 21st-century skills, child psychology, cyber safety and other relevant areas”. The Board said as per the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, teachers and principals should participate in at least 50 hours of CPD programme every year. Details of the sessions will be available on the training portal of CBSE.