New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing an education conference on Tuesday where he will launch a number of initiatives including one to facilitate corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending on school sector.
A PMO statement said that Modi will inaugurate ‘Shikshak Parv’ — a multi-day education conclave — on September 7 at 11 am via video-conferencing.
Among the significant initiatives Modi will be unveiling is an Indian sign language dictionary — an audio and text embedded sign language video for the hearing impaired in conformity with universal design of learning, school quality assurance and assessment framework of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and NISHTHA teachers’ training programme for NIPUN Bharat.
A portal for facilitating education volunteers, donors and CSR contributors for school development will also be launched.
The theme of Shikshak Parv 2021 is ‘Quality and Sustainable Schools: Learnings from Schools in India’.
Shikshak Parv will encourage innovative practices to ensure continuity of education at all levels as well as improvement, inclusive practices and sustainability in schools across the country, the PMO said.
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