Which one of the following statements is correct about NISHTHA, a Government of India initiative ?
- A.It is a training module recently introduced in LBSNAA for civil servants.
- B.It is a teacher-training programme.
- C.It is a training programme for the new recruits in Delhi Police to inculcate integrity of service among them.
- D.It is a workshop for newly elected Members of Parliament organized routinely by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, It is a teacher-training programme. NISHTHA stands for National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement, a programme to train school teachers and heads.
The Ministry of Education, then the Ministry of Human Resource Development, launched NISHTHA on 21 August 2019 under the Samagra Shiksha scheme, calling it the world's largest teacher-training programme. It aims to build the skills of teachers and heads of government elementary schools in areas such as learning outcomes, child-centred teaching, school safety, health and wellbeing, use of ICT and the new reading and numeracy goals. After the pandemic its courses moved online on the DIKSHA platform, and later versions extended it to secondary and pre-primary teachers.
Option A is wrong, because LBSNAA in Mussoorie trains civil servants through its own foundation courses, not NISHTHA. Option C is wrong, because NISHTHA has nothing to do with police training. Option D is wrong, because orientation for new MPs is run by the Lok Sabha Secretariat's PRIDE institute, not under this name.
Exam tip: NISHTHA = teachers and school heads, 2019, Samagra Shiksha, online on DIKSHA.
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