- The Director Academics of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Dr Joseph Emmanuel enlightens the importance of bridging the gap between school education and higher education
Dr Joseph Emmanuel, Director – Academics, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), delivered an online session on the National Education Policy 2020. Dr Emmanuel addressed over a thousand educators from schools across India in an informative session facilitated by Saamarthya Teachers Training Academy of Research (STTAR).
He highlighted the major areas of focus for NEP, equity, excellence, inclusivity and access. Dr Emmanuel also emphasised the need for a shift to competency-focussed teaching and learning, transforming assessments, tracking student progress across school years, holistic development of each child and standard setting and accreditation. Competency focussed education is a major area in which CBSE has been working.
For teachers, Dr Emmanuel shared a good number of references to resource material of all grades. These included samples of pedagogical processes, blueprints and assessment items and rubrics.
Sushma Raturi, Member Secretary, STTAR, said the address by Dr Joseph Emmanuel is an attempt to educate and create widespread awareness about the implementation of Saamarthya Teachers Training Academy of Research (STTAR), National Education Policy 2020, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),NEP 2020. The olympiad will be held in December, 2023.
