IGNOU to train 15 lakh higher education teachers
By: admin | Aug. 26, 2022, 4:03 p.m.The Union ministry of education has entrusted Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) with the responsibility of orienting 15 lakh higher education teachers of universities and their constituent colleges across India for the implementation of the National Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020) in six months.
The program is proposed to be launched by Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Teachers’ Day (September 5) this year. As per the senior regional director, IGNOU Regional Centre Noida, Amit Chaturvedi, NEP-PDP (National Education Policy-Professional Development Programme)— a 36-hour training program—is being offered by IGNOU exclusively for the Teachers of higher education institutions/universities.